UK-based plantmaker Primetals Technologies has announced that it will upgrade the existing slab caster, and the plate and Steckel mill of Canada-based EVRAZ Regina. The upgrade will enable EVRAZ Regina to produce API steel grade X70 with a thickness of 25.4 mm and API grade X80 with a thickness of 19.1 mm for production of pipes for the expanding Canadian market.
Primetals Technologies said that the new equipment is scheduled for installation by the fourth quarter of 2016.
EVRAZ Regina produces carbon steel slabs, plate and coil. The plate and coil is converted into energy tubular products for Canada and the US. The product line includes oil and gas well pipe, casing and tubing, small diameter line pipe and large diameter line pipe with diameters between 660 mm and 2,032 mm.