German plantmaker SMS Demag has announced that it has received an order from South Korean steelmaker Hyundai Steel Corporation for the supply of a 5-m heavy plate rolling mill. The new mill is planned to be built in Dangjin on the east coast of South Korea and go into operation in late 2009.
In a statement on the issue, SMS Demag said that the delivery's scope comprises the mechanical and automation systems for the entire process line, with finishing stand, hot plate leveler, cooling beds, shearing line and finishing line with cold plate leveler.
The new facility will manufacture plates in widths between 900 and 4,800 mm and thicknesses from 6 to 200 mm. The annual production capacity of the mill will be around 1.5 million mt of finished plate, which can be expanded to 2 million mt through the installation of a roughing stand.