China’s Qingdao Steel orders new flat bar rolling mill

Austria-based Siemens Metals Technologies has announced that it will supply a flat bar rolling mill for the Chinese steel manufacturer Qingdao Special Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. (Qingdao Steel).
 
The new mill with an annual production capacity of 600,000 metric tons will manufacture flat bars with widths of between 60 and 160 mm and thicknesses from 6 to 60 mm for applications in the automotive and construction industries. The new flat bar mill is scheduled to be commissioned in early 2015.
 
Qingdao Steel, located in Qingdao in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong, has an annual production capacity of 1.2 million mt of crude steel. It produces structural steels, pipes and steel nails, primarily for the Chinese market. The new flat bar rolling mill is part of Qingdao Steel's program of relocating and modernizing plants to comply with local authority environmental requirements.