The technology group The Linde Group has signed a long-term supply contract for industrial gases with international steel producer Corus, part of Tata Steel. The agreement involves the construction of a new air separation unit (ASU) at Corus' Scunthorpe site (North Lincolnshire) for around EUR 80m.
The new ASU with a capacity of 1,600 tonnes per day (tpd) oxygen as well as smaller quantities of nitrogen will go on-stream in mid-2010 in order to support the increase in steel output from the site.
The Linde investments also involve refurbishment of the existing ASU and a significant extension of the pipeline network supplying the steelworks.
