Spain-based ArcelorMittal Asturias, a subsidiary of Luxembourg-based steelmaker ArcelorMittal, has announced that it has begun mass production of Magnelis® steel, which is coated steel with a higher content of aluminum and magnesium, with improved resistance to corrosion, at its galvanizing line No. 1 in Avilés. The production of Magnelis® at line No. 1 will enable the company to double the volume of the given product produced in Asturias.
The maximum thickness of the product produced at galvanizing line No. 1 has been increased from 2 mm to 3.5 mm, meaning that a very substantial part of the Magnelis® required by customers in the solar sector can now be supplied from Avilés. Local production of Magnelis will shorten delivery times and reduce transportation-related carbon emissions.
ArcelorMittal has cumulatively produced more than 500,000 mt of Magnelis® at its galvanizing line No. 2 since 2017.