# Paul Wurth to upgrade JSW Steel's blast furnace at Vijayanagar

Paul Wurth announced a contract to upgrade JSW Steel's blast furnace No. 3 at Vijayanagar Works in Toranagallu, Karnataka, India. The upgrade will increase the furnace's inner volume by 32% to about 5,300 m³, boosting annual crude steel production to about 4.5 million mt.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2017-06-12
- Where: Toranagallu, Karnataka, India
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 4.5 million mt per year crude steel
- Products: blast furnace upgrade
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [Paul Wurth](https://endata.com/companies/18306.md) (supplier)
- [JSW Steel](https://endata.com/companies/22727.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [steelorbis.com](https://www.steelorbis.com/steel-news/latest-news/paul-wurth-to-upgrade-jsw-steels-bf-no-3-at-vijayanagar-works-989539.htm), 2017-06-12: "The modernized blast furnace No. 3 will have an inner volume of approximately 5,300 m3, rising by 32 percent from the present working volume of 4,019 m3."

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