Jiangsu Province-based Chinese steelmaker Nanjing Iron and Steel Co. (NISCO) has lately broken ground for the construction of a new steel mill, including a continuous
slab casting workshop, with an annual steel
production capacity of 3.5 million mt, as announced by local media.
Construction work is to be carried out by
China 20th Metallurgical Group, a subsidiary of state-owned
China Metallurgical Group Cooperation (MCC). As previously reported by SteelOrbis, work on the project is scheduled to be completed by September 2013.