The company said this was the first heat on one of two of its new Danieli Digimelter EAFs. Once the modernization is completed, this will be the first full transition from integrated to EAF steelmaking to enter operation anywhere in the world. 

Danieli said the facility is designed to support a production capacity of about 3.7 million metric tons of liquid steel annually on two 250-metric-ton EAFs. Both machines will be powered by Q-One digital power systems delivering more than 150 MVA. The process will also use the Danieli Q-Melt automatic process control suite for consistent energy efficiency. 

The meltshop will use two existing ladle furnaces and a new Danieli twin-tank vacuum degasser as well. Its design includes engineered enclosures surrounding the two furnaces to reduce noise and emissions. Two new offgas fume treatment plants including baghouses and a recirculating water treatment plant will provide filtration, emission control and water conservation. 

Algoma said it expects to reduce carbon emissions by about 70% once the transition is complete. 

The transition also include an automated scrapyard with automated cranes, scrap visual recognition and automate scrap sorting and charging.