Xiangtan Iron et Steel: New 5-m plate rolling mill

摘要

Chinese steel producer, Hunan Valin Xiangtan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd., has commissioned Siemens VAI Metals Technologies to engineer and supply equipment for a new 5-m plate rolling mill Xiangtan in Hunan province. The new facility is to produce high-quality heavy plates for applications in the shipbuilding and pipeline construction industries. The plate mill will start production in 2010. The Hunan Valin Iron & Steel Group produces around 9 million t/a of crude steel and 8 million t/a of steel products, including pipes and tubes, steel bars, wire steel and shaped steel sections.