The key focus for Liberty after it acquired the operations in August this year was to
connect the Ascoval steelworks near Saint-Saulve with the Hayange rail mill in Moselle.
As part of a circular economy, Liberty Ascoval is melting recycled scrap steel, including recovered scrap rail from Hayange’s customers, in its electric-arc furnace to produce large rectangular Greensteel blooms which can be rolled into rails at Liberty Rail Hayange.
Rails made from Ascoval’s Greensteel blooms are produced with 90% less CO2 than traditional rail production processes used in Europe via blast furnaces.
Liberty Ascoval modified a new caster line to produce its first square bloom...
