Italian plantmaker Danieli has announced that it will build a high-speed bar mill along with a new walking-beam reheating furnace for Indian state-run steel producer Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL).
The new bar mill with an annual capacity of one million mt will be located in Durgapur, India, and will feature a high-speed delivery system and quenching and self-tempering facilities, while the walking-beam reheating furnace will deliver hot billets to the mill at 220 mt/per hour capacity. The bar mill is expected to be commissioned by the second quarter of 2027.