Inner Mongolia-based Chinese steelmaker Ulanhot Iron and Steel Co., Ltd has issued the capacity replacement details relating to one 120 mt converter due to be built by Ulanhot Steel in Inner Mongolia and the planned elimination of two 35 mt converters and one 70 mt converter in Inner Mongolia.
Accordingly, the new converter will have an annual steelmaking capacity of 1.35 million mt, with construction starting in August 2019 and due to be completed in October 2020, replacing the three abovementioned converters which had an aggregate annual steelmaking capacity of 1.369 million mt.