On May 9, Chinese steelmaker Zhanjiang Steel began construction work on blast furnace No. 3 within the scope of its hot rolled steel production project, as reported by Zhanjiang Daily. The hot rolled project in question will have an annual production capacity of 4.5 million mt and will be put into operation in August 2021. It will produce hot rolled high-strength steel, cold rolled high-strength steel and high-strength pickling steel.