Germany-based plantmaker SMS Group has announced that it will supply a new small section mill for the Philippines-based steelmaker SteelAsia Manufacturing Corporation. The new mill, which will be designed for an annual capacity of 500,000 mt, will be the SteelAsia’s seventh rolling mill. It will be built at the Phoenix Petroterminal Industrial Park in the Municipality of Calaca, Province of Batangas. The plant is scheduled to go into operation in 2018.
SMS stated that the small section mill will be laid out for a production rate of 100 mt per hour of a very wide range of products. In addition to I-beams, H-beams, equal-sided angles and U-beams, it will also be possible to produce various bars, flats and squares.