Chinese steelmaker Hebei Iron and Steel Co. has announced that its subsidiary Hanbao Iron and Steel Co. (Hanbao Steel) produced 40,998 mt of pipeline steel in March, which is a record monthly output.
Hanbao Steel's pipeline steel includes L245, X42, X52, L360, X60, X80 and J55 grades, with thickness of 5.6-18.4 mm and tensile strength of 300-700 MPa. The steelmaker's pipeline steel has been used in the Nanjiang natural gas project, the Guigang-Yulin pipeline project and in China's second west-to-east natural gas transmission project.