Chinese steelmaker Qingdao Iron & Steel Group Co. (Qingdao Steel) has announced that it has successfully produced wire rod with 26 mm diameter, following Baosteel Group and Anshan Steel, thus becoming the third company in China capable of producing wire rod of such large diameter.
In trial production, Qingdao Steel produced 60 mt of wire rod with 26 mm diameter. The steelmaker's wire rod production facility, which has an annual output capacity of 800,000 mt, can now produce wire rod in diameters ranging from 5.5 mm to 26 mm.