UK-based plantmaker Primetals Technologies has announced that Indian steel producer Kalika Steel Alloys Pvt. Ltd. (Kalika Steel) has started production at its new rebar rolling mill earlier this year in the Jalna plant in the state of Maharashtra supplied by Primetals Technologies. The new rebar rolling mill has achieved all agreed performance parameters and produces about 250,000 metric tons of rebar per year from low-carbon steels. The new mill, the first operating plant of this type, has been specifically developed by Primetals Technologies for small to medium-size production capacities. It allows projects to be implemented comparatively quickly and cost-efficiently.
Kalika Steel aims to expand its production with the new rolling mill in order to serve the growing Indian construction sector. With the new rebar mill, Kalika Steel now hosts billet production and rebar rolling at the same location.