UK-based plantmaker Primetals Technologies has announced that, in a move to improve the quality and range of wire rod produced in the UK; it will upgrade the wire rod line of UK-based premium steel manufacturer British Steel, located in in Scunthorpe, UK. The expanded size range will enable British Steel to serve new markets.
Primetals stated that the project will replace two of the four strands of the existing wire rod mill with a new high production and high-speed rod outlet, plus two pre-finishing mill bypass lines that will enable rods to enter a reducing/sizing mill to produce a wider range of sizes. Once commissioned, the upgraded mill will produce 700,000 mt of wire rod per year, with tighter tolerances, better surface quality and microstructures, in sizes up to 28 mm in diameter.