Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region-based Chinese steelmaker Yili Iron and Steel (Yili Steel), a subsidiary of Beijing-based Chinese steel giant Shougang, has announced that on July 24 its iron works produced a record daily volume of 1,720 mt of pig iron.
Yili Steel managed to maintain stable output levels after an earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale hit Yili on June 30 this year, and has now succeeded in increasing output, achieving a record daily pig iron production volume.
As previously reported by Steelorbis, at the start of the current year Yili Steel said that it expected its annual finished steel output capacity to increase to 3-5 million mt by 2015, adding that by 2015 it aimed to become an integrated steel company producing coke, iron ore, pig iron and crude steel, with its finished steel products including beam, rebar, wire rod and strip.