UK-based plantmaker Primetals Technologies has announced that it will supply a new rebar mill for Pakistan-based rebar producer Agha Steel Pvt Ltd’s (Agha Steel Industries) plant in Port Qasim near Karachi, Pakistan. The new state-of-art mill is designed to produce 300,000 mt of rebar per year. The plant is expected to commence operation in mid-2018.
Primetals stated that, to optimize the combination of different heating sources for incoming billets according to their respective variable cost and availability, the rolling line will be equipped with an efficient heating system which will reduce transformation costs.
The new mill will process carbon steel billets with a square cross-section of 130 mm x 130 mm and a maximum length of 12 meters. The finished product will be rebar with diameters ranging from 8 mm to 40 mm.