Air Liquide Signs South African Contract
(PARIS, FRANCE) Air Liquide signed a major long-term contract with Evraz Highveld Steel and Vanadium, the second-largest steel producer in South Africa. Investment in a new air separation unit (ASU) with a capacity of 770 tons of oxygen per day is expected to be commissioned at the end of 2013. This new ASU will also produce liquid oxygen, nitrogen, and argon to meet growing demand from South Africa’s industrial merchant market. Air Liquide www.airliquide.com + 33 1 40 62 55 55