This industrial sector demands large quantities of quicklime in the form of clods with constant quality, high reactivity and low contents of sulphur, phosphorus and residual CO2.
Lime takes part in the melting phase in blast furnaces and as a refining agent for steels in the removal of impurities due to its desulphurization and dephosphorization properties as well as slag curing and fluidizing properties, retaining typical impurities such as silica, phosphorus, sulfur and, to a lesser extent, carbon and manganese.
When the wires are drawn, the lime acts as a lubricant, just as when molds of molten material are melted, facilitating the demoulding.
Scorification, desulfurization, dephosphorization and refractories and their protection are missions entrusted to lime.