China building 50 million mt/year of HRC capacity in 2018-19

摘要

China commissioned nine new hot strip mills in 2018, with combined production capacity ofaround 25.35 million mt/year. The momentum will continue in 2019 with a further 12 newhot strip mills with capacity of 25.1 million mt/year due to come online, taking the totalover two years to more than 50 million mt/year, according to S&P Global Plattsanalysis. (See table for more details).