On December 28, Henan Province-based Chinese steelmaker Anyang Iron and Steel Co. (Anyang Steel) announced that the cold rolled continuous annealing unit of its cold rolled continuous annealing- galvanized sheet production line successfully started production.
The new facility is part of a two-phase project with an annual output capacity of 1.20 million mt. The first phase was put into production in 2013. Shanghai Baoye Group Corp., Ltd is the contractor responsible for construction work on the second phase which includes the continuous annealing unit, a galvanized sheet unit as well as storage, infrastructure and other facilities.