German plantmaker SMS Siemag has announced that Taiwan-based Fuxin Special Steel Co. Ltd, has successfully commissioned a steelworks supplied by SMS Siemag for manufacturing stainless steel slabs at the Zhangzhou location in Fujian Province, China. It is the first stainless steel plant in the world to utilize the waste heat from the AOD converter and the electric arc furnace. Fuxin Special Steel benefits from reducing emissions by 60,000 mt of CO2 per year. The steel plant satisfies stringent environmental protection standards.
According to SMS Siemag, the new construction project comprises a special steel plant, a continuous slab caster and environmental facilities for gas cleaning and energy recovery. The facilities are designed for production of 720,000 mt of steel per year.
The range of grades produced by the steelworks comprises ferritic, austenitic and martensitic stainless steels, which are processed on the continuous caster to provide slabs in thicknesses of 200 or 220 mm.