Tenova Core supplies large rotary hearth furnace at Mesabi Nugget

Tenova Core, part of the Tenova group of companies, recently supplied a new rotary hearth furnace at the Mesabi Nugget facility in Hoyt Lakes, Minnesota. The furnace has a design capacity to produce 500　000 t of iron nuggets annually using the innovative Kobe Steel ITmk3 process. The "doughnut" type rotary hearth furnace has a diameter of approximately 68 m, making it the largest diameter rotary hearth furnace that Tenova Core has ever supplied and one of the largest rotary hearth furnace installations in the world. The furnace features unique combustion and burner systems specifically designed to provide efficient heating for the ITmk3 process.

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