Metallurgical furnace

A metallurgical furnace comprising:

• a hearth comprising a surrounding surface,
• a sidewall structure that extends upwards from the hearth of the metallurgical furnace,
• a surrounding cooling element structure comprising cooling elements, wherein each cooling element has a planar back surface,
• a surrounding binding structure of metal surrounding at least partly the surrounding surface of the hearth of the metallurgical furnace,
• the surrounding binding structure comprising binding sections of metal each binding section comprising at least one planar surface means,
• adjacent binding sections of the surrounding binding structure being connected by tension assemblies configured to allow relative movement between adjacent binding sections in the surrounding binding structure and configured to force adjacent binding sections in the surrounding binding structure in a direction towards each other,
• the surrounding cooling element structure being at least partly surrounded by the surrounding binding structure,
• at least one planar back surface of at least one cooling element of the surrounding cooling element structure is parallel with at least one planar surface means of one binding section of the surrounding binding structure and is supported by said at least one planar surface means of one binding section of the surrounding binding structure, and
• said at least one cooling element of the surrounding cooling element structure being located at least partly between the surrounding surface of the hearth of the metallurgical furnace and said one binding section of the surrounding binding structure.