Primetals to supply two continuous slab casters to HBIS Laoting Steel

Thursday, 14 December 2017 14:55:06 (GMT+3)   |   Istanbul
       

UK-based plantmaker Primetals Technologies has announced that it will supply two new, twin-strand continuous slab casters to Chinese steel producer HBIS Laoting Steel Co. Ltd. The casting plants have a combined capacity of 4.2 million metric tons of slabs per year and will form part of a new production facility for high-quality steels being built in the Laoting district in the southeast of the autonomous city of Tangshan. The two continuous slab casters are scheduled for commissioning in February and March 2019.

According to Primetals Technologies, the two twin-strand continuous slab casters are each designed for a production capacity of 2.1 million metric tons per year. The casters will cast slabs with a thickness of 230 millimeters in widths ranging from 900 millimeters to 1,900 millimeters. The range of products covers ultra-low carbon and low carbon steels, deep drawn, structural peritectic alloyed steels, and pipe grades.


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