By Naoki Kawaguchi / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Japan's top steelmaker Nippon Steel Corp. began construction of an electric arc furnace in Kitakyushu, southwestern Japan, on Wednesday. Once ...

The electric arc furnace (EAF) stands at the heart of modern steelmaking, offering rapid heating rates, flexible operation and high scrap utilisation. Its operation entails complex interactions ...

Electric arc furnaces (EAFs) lie at the heart of contemporary steelmaking, converting electrical energy into thermal energy via plasma arcs to melt scrap metal. The intrinsic nonlinearity of the arc, ...

Prime Minister Kim Min-seok addresses a ceremony at a plant of South Korean steelmaker POSCO Co., in Gwangyang, South Jeolla Province, southwestern South Korea, on June 17, 2026, to mark its ...

POSCO has completed construction of Korea’s largest electric arc furnace (EAF) at its steelworks in Gwangyang, South Jeolla Province with an annual production capacity of 2.5 million tons, marking a ...

Steel production in an electric arc furnace. Norenko Andrey/Shutterstock This method of steelmaking can use up to 100% scrap steel as its raw material, resulting in a significant reduction in carbon ...

British Steel is initiating consultations to close its blast furnaces in Scunthorpe after negotiations with the UK government regarding financial aid for a transition to electric arc furnaces fell ...

IIn June 2026, POSCO held a completion ceremony for its Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) at the Gwangyang steelworks on South Korea's southern coast, approximately 360 kilometers from Seoul, and has ...

The growth of electric arc furnace (EAF) steelmaking in North America has occurred mainly in the past 40 years due to low electricity prices, an abundance of steel scrap (especially near large ...