UK-based plantmaker Primetals Technologies has announced that its India-based subsidiary Concast (India) Ltd will supply a three-strand continuous billet caster for the production site of Indian steel producer Orissa Metaliks Private Limited (Orissa Metaliks) located near Kharagpur, West Bengal.
According to Primetals, the plant is designed to produce 384,000 mt of carbon steel billets per year with a cross section of 100 millimeters for further processing to rebars. The aim of the project is to increase capacity. To save energy, the casting machine is designed for hot direct rolling of billets to rebars without reheating. The plant startup is scheduled for November this year.