Metal losses during steelmaking in arc furnaces and methods for their decreasing

The structure of metal losses in steelmaking in ultrahigh-power arc steel-melting furnaces is estimated and refined using reported data and the results of our investigations. Methods for decreasing the iron losses in electric furnace steelmaking by performing organization and technological measures in arc-furnace plants and methods for utilizing the slags, dusts, and slimes of electric furnace steelmaking are considered. The pyrometallurgical utilization of the slags and dusts with the maximum iron recovery from them is shown to be promising.