Germany-based plantmaker SMS Group has announced that it will supply a new plate mill to Chinese steelmaker Shandong Iron & Steel Group Rizhao Corp. Ltd. (Shandong Rizhao). The new plant, to be built in Rizhao in the Chinese province of Shandong, is scheduled to go on stream in 2019.
SMS stated that the new plate mill will be designed for an annual output of 1.3 million mt of heavy plate. It will be able to produce plate between 4 mm and 50 mm thick and from 1,650 mm to 3,250 mm wide. The product range will include carbon steels, quality steels, low-alloy steels, grades for shipbuilding, bridge and pressure vessel construction, for weatherproof and wear-resistant plates as well as tube/pipe grades to API standard.