Italian plantmaker Danieli has announced that it has received the final acceptance certificate from Nigeria-based steel producer Western Metal Products Company Limited (WEMPCO) for the first modern wire rod mill installed in Nigeria.
The new mill has an annual capacity of 300,000 mt of wire rod. Although the mill can produce wire rod in a diameter range of 5-16 mm at a maximum speed of 80 m/s, its production is currently focused on 5.5 mm smooth wire rod at the rolling speed of 74 m/s to feed the existing WEMPCO drawing lines for the local market. Full production capacity is expected within a couple of months.