German plantmaker SMS Group has announced that Indonesian steel producer PT Gunung has started production at its new environmentally-efficient electric steel plant with a single-strand continuous slab caster at its Bekasi works in West Java, supplied by SMS Group.
The melt shop with the electric arc furnace (EAF) and a ladle furnace is designed for an annual production of 1.2 million mt of steel to be cast into slabs on the new continuous caster. The continuous caster is designed for the production of slabs with thicknesses of 220 mm and 250 mm and widths in the range of 800-2,100 mm. The range of grades produced will comprise structural steels as well as pipe and heavy-plate grades.
With the new plant, the company plans to reduce its dependence on imported slab