There is nothing hotter then standing next to a 1,500 degree Celsius electric arc furnace as 150 tons of molten steel is poured into a ladle with sparks flying everywhere. I work in a melt shop at AK Steel in Butler, PA where my co-workers and I are working on installing a 130 million dollar super-furnace which will allow us to melt and tap 150 tons of scrap steel in less then 45 minutes.