News & Press Releases
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London, January 29, 2019
Primetals Technologies supplies additional continuous slab caster to the new HBIS Laoting plant
Chinese steel producer HBIS Laoting Steel Co. Ltd. has ordered a new two-strand continuous slab caster from Primetals Technologies. The casting plant has a capacity of 2 million metric tons of slabs per annum and will form part of a new production facility for high-quality steels being built in the Laoting district in the south east of the autonomous city of Tangshan.
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London, January 24, 2019
Shougang Jingtang orders continuous pickling line for UHSS grades from Primetals Technologies
Chinese steel producer Shougang Jingtang United Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. (Shougang Jingtang) has placed an order for a continuous pickling line (CPL) with Primetals Technologies. The pickling line is designed to process around 1.5 million metric tons of hot rolled strip per year.
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London, January 22, 2019
AOD converter modernized by Primetals Technologies started up at Outokumpu in Tornio, Finland
In December 2018, the no. 1 AOD converter modernized by Primetals Technologies was started up at the Tornio works of Outokumpu Stainless Oy, a Finnish stainless-steel producer. The project involved fitting the converter with a new tilting drive, trunnion ring and other associated equipment, including the electrical installations and automation.
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London, January 15, 2019
World record: Ultra-thin hot rolled strip with a thickness of 0.6 millimeters produced on Arvedi ESP line supplied by Primetals Technologies
In October 2018, an Arvedi ESP (Endless Strip Production) line installed in a plant belonging to the Chinese steel producer Rizhao Steel Group Co., Ltd (Rizhao) produced ultra-thin hot strip with a thickness of just 0.6 millimeters for the very first time. Hot strip as thin as this had never before been achieved anywhere in the world.
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London, December 11, 2018
Primetals Technologies to supply twin ladle furnace to Jiangsu Shagang
Primetals Technologies has received an order from Jiangsu Shagang Group Company Limited (Jiangsu Shagang), a Chinese steel producer, to supply a third twin ladle furnace to its converter steel works in Zhangjiagang.
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