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Discover the latest developments in Luxmet Ltd and steelmakingAt Luxmet, we’re empowering industry leaders with innovative technologies that not only enhance productivity but also drive sustainability. As we share our latest advancements, we continue to push the boundaries of industrial process control, reducing environmental impact while supporting the growth of a more efficient, future-ready industry.
Rising trends of EAF steelmaking
There is a clear trend that the European steel industry is changing from the BF-BOF route to EAF based steelmaking to reduce its direct and indirect CO2 emissions. The target is...
Pathways to the decarbonization of steel industry – Green end stage (Part 4)
After the optimization and the transition stage, the last stage is seen to be the green end stage where steel can be produced at or near-zero emissions. Currently, the steel...
Pathways to decarbonization of steel industry – Transition stage (Part 3)
This article discusses the transition stage, which is the last stage before the green end stage. The transition stage involves upgrading the technology of existing integrated...
Pathways to decarbonization of steel industry – Optimization stage (Part 2)
It is believed that the steel industry goes through three stages in the reduction of carbon emissions before the near-zero stage is reached. These stages are the optimization...
Pathways to decarbonization of steel industry (Part 1)
Steel is of great importance in today’s society. Being one of the most important engineering and construction materials, it can be found almost everywhere we go. The steel...
Interview with Mikko Jokinen, CEO of Luxmet
How has Luxmet changed in the past year? At the end of 2019, we completed ArcSpec’s years of product development and were able to start aggressively marketing ArcSpec globally....
Light emissions in the Electric Arc Furnace
Figure 1. Sources of light in Electric Arc Furnace.The Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) process is extremely energy-intensive and emits massive amounts of light. These light emissions...
Online slag analysis in EAF
Doctoral candidate Henri Pauna successfully defended his dissertation on the topic of ”Electric arc characterization and furnace process monitoring with optical emission...
