STEEL + TECHNOLOGY 04/2019 EXTRACT

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CHINA
Baowu Steel secures medium term coaking coal supply
Mechel signs 1-year contract with China’s
largest steelmaking group
Russian mining and metals company
Mechel reports signing a major contract
for coking coal supplies with Baosteel
Resources which is part of China Baowu
Steel group. The new agreement is valid
September 2019 to August 2020. During
this time, Mechel will supply
Baosteel Resources’ facilities with up
to 700,000 tonnes of premium-grade
coking coal. According to the contract,
a major part of this coal – up to 40,000
tonnes monthly – will be supplied by
Yakutugol Holding Company AO. The
price will be determined on a monthly
basis.
• Mechel
Baosteel Zhanjiang orders slab caster and also digitalization packages, automation and
electrics for the new hot strip mill
Target is to build an intelligent and the
most advanced hot strip mill in the world
Baosteel Zhanjiang, a subsidiary company
of Baosteel contracted Primetals Technologies
to supply digitalization packages,
automation technology and electrical
equipment for its new hot strip mill to be
constructed in Zhanjiang, Guangdong
Province in the southern part of China. The
new hot strip mill is the second one to be
built at Baosteel Zhanjiang. It has a rated
capacity of 4.5 million t/year and will produce
coil in a width range of 720 to 1,780
mm and thicknesses between 1.2 and 12.7
mm.
The implementation of an extensive
package of Industry 4.0 solutions is an
important step to achieve the target of
building an intelligent and the most
advanced hot strip mill in the world. The
project is expected to be finished at the
end of 2022. In addition, a cooperation
agreement for the joint development of
advanced Industry 4.0 solutions in hot rolling
was signed.
Baoshan Iron & Steel Co Ltd. (Baosteel)
is part of the newly formed China Baowu
Steel Group Corp Ltd, the second largest
steel producer in the world, with a production
capacity of 70 million t.
Third slab caster to produce 2.8
million t of slabs per year for
demanding applications
Baosteel Zhanjiang also placed an order for
a third continuous slab caster with Primetals
Technologies. The caster, CCM 3, will
be set up in the production site, where
Baosteel Zhanjiang already operates two
slab casters supplied by Primetals Technologies
since late 2015. CCM 3 will supply
Two-strand continuous slab casters from Primetals Technologies at Baosteel Zhanjiang
(Picture: Primetals Technologies)
slabs for the 1,780 millimeter hot strip mill,
complements the new Zhanjiang facility
and is part of a second phase of site development
with the aim to reach an annual
steel plant capacity of 12.35 million metric
tons per year. Start-up of the new casting
machine is expected for early 2021.
The continuous slab caster CCM 3 is similar
to the previously supplied casting
machines CCM 1 and CCM 2, allowing for
interchangeability of equipment and
employing the same automation concept
and configuration, as well as the same operation
and maintenance procedures. It is
designed as a bow type caster with straight
mold, a machine radius of 9.5 meters and a
metallurgical length of 37.2 meters. It produce
slabs in widths from 900 to 1,650 millimeters
and thicknesses of 230 or 250 millimeters.
The casting speed can be varied
between 1 and 1.95 meters per minute.
Steel grades to be produced include the
whole spectrum of carbon steel, from ultralow
to high carbon, deep-drawing, structural,
peritectic and HSLA grades, micro
alloyed to high alloyed steels, as well as
pipe, strip and silicon grades.
• Primetals Technologies
STEEL + TECHNOLOGY 1 (2019) No. 4