Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based US Steel has announced that it will build a new non-grain oriented (NGO) electrical steel line at its Slovak unit in Kosice. According to the company statement, the new line will have an annual capacity of approximately 100,000 mt. US Steel is investing $130 million in the project and expects the Kosice plant to be fully operational in the fourth quarter of 2020.
The new line will enable production of quality silicon grades of NGO electrical steels to support increased demand in vehicles and generators.