New greenfield mini mill in Albania

About 60% of Kurum products are transported to the Balkans and beyond (Kosovo, Montenegro, Turkey, Bulgaria, Serbia, Italy), while 40% cover the needs of the domestic market.
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Turkish company Kurum Holding is investing in a new, endless casting and rolling mill for long products at its site in Elbasan, Albania.

Kurum International has awarded Danieli the contract for a new MIDA (Micromill Danieli) plant to be installed in Elbasan, Albania. According to Danieli, this project marks the first greenfield MIDA installation in Europe, following 29 MIDA plants already supplied or under execution worldwide.
The core of the long product lines are the Danieli-patented OctoCaster and the innovative mill layout. The new plant is designed to produce over 700,000 tpy of deformed bars and compact coils. Danieli’s scope of supply includes a meltshop featuring a 75-ton EAF equipped with ECS continuous scrap-charging system, a 75-ton ladle furnace, a material-handling system, and a fume-treatment plant.
A 12-m radius continuous casting machine with octagonal mould will ensure consistent endless casting at speeds exceeding 7 m/min.
The rolling mill will be comprised of housingless stands and a high-speed finishing block to produce straight bars from 10 to 32 mm, and spooled coils from 8 to 25 mm, with customized weights up to 5 tons.
Startup is scheduled for Q4 2027.
Source: Danieli