Outokumpu reported on new UPCAST~R order from Poland, updates Iran project

摘要

Outokumpu reported on two UPCAST~R continuous casting system contracts, one from Poland and the other from Iran. A press release said that Outokumpu has secured a contract to supply a 15,000 TPA UPCAST continuous casting system to Poland's KGHM Polska Miedz, which it notes is the largest copper producer in Europe and the seventh largest copper producer in the world. KGHM's main products are refined cathode copper, copper wire rod, round copper billets and refined silver. "The Polish group is already now one of the most important copper rod suppliers in Europe with an output exceeding 200,000 TPA with its Contirod system," the release said, adding that the new system will enable the company to 8 mm oxygen-free wire rod for its customer base in central and eastern Europe. The UPCAST unit, to be delivered by the end of 2005, features separate melting and holding furnaces run by a PLC-controlled automatic melt transfer system. The casting machine, it said, will be equipped with totally redesigned die coolers and an enhanced rod withdrawal control for increased rod quality.