Yunnan Province-based Chinese steelmaker Desheng Iron and Steel Corporation (Desheng Steel) has held a ceremony to mark the start of construction work on its new blast furnace project at its facility in the county of Lufeng, Yunnan.
The project includes the construction of two 1,350 cubic meter blast furnaces, which are planned to be completed before December 1, 2011. After completion, the facility is expected to increase its annual production of pig iron by 2.2 million mt.