Germany-based plantmaker SMS Group has announced that it will supply a new high-speed outlet for wire rod in quality steel grades for Chinese steelmaker Hejin Hongda Special Steel Co. Ltd. Commissioning of the plant is scheduled for the summer of 2018.
SMS stated that the central element of the 700,000 mt-per-year line will be a ten-stand wire rod block. The range of rolled products produced in the line will include wire rod in diameters from 5.5 mm to 20 mm and rebar in diameters from 6 mm to 14 mm.