Chinese steel producer Maanshan Iron and Steel, also known as Masteel, recently started a 6-strand combined billet and beam-blank caster supplied by Primetals Technologies at its steel plant in Maanshan, Anhui province, China. The order was placed in December 2021 and encompassed engineering, supply of essential equipment, Level 1 and 2 automation systems, and advisory
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In March 2023, Chinese aluminum producer Shandong Nanshan Aluminum placed an order with Primetals Technologies for a new cold rolling mill featuring UCM technology. With an annual capacity of about 180,000 tons, the mill will be implemented at Shandong’s aluminum plant in Longkou, Shandong province, in the eastern part of China. Shandong Nanshan manufactures and
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Primetals Technologies has won a contract to provide the Gerdau Petersburg plant in Virginia, U.S.A., with a 69-kV static synchronous compensator (STATCOM) to support the plant’s alternating current electric arc furnace (AC EAF) operation. Once commissioned, it will be the largest industrial STATCOM ever implemented at a steelmaking plant in North America. Stabilizing the Grid
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thyssenkrupp Rasselstein starts a modernized slitting line from Primetals Technologies, including an upgrade to the Level 1 automation and drive systems. Established in 1760, thyssenkrupp Rasselstein manufactures tinned or special chromium-plated sheet at thicknesses from 0.100 to 0.499 mm. Over 90 percent of steel finds its application in the packaging sector. However, the steel produced
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In 2018, Guilin Pinggang became the first Chinese steel producer to order an EAF Quantum electric arc furnace from Primetals Technologies. Soon after, steel producer Wuzhou Yongda placed another Chinese EAF Quantum order. Five years later, there are ten electric steelmaking plants of this type in China, and more plants will follow soon. Together with
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