Baosteel's New CR Facilities

Factiva: "Baosteel in late December witnessed its new con?tinuous acid-washing and cold-rolling facilities commissioning at the affiliated Meishan Steel. The five-rack equipment is capable of producing tinplate with a thickness of only 0. 18 mm.

Having broken ground in March 2007, the project has a designed capacity of 850?ktpa CR sheet targeted for packaging, and industries of chemical, construction, home appliance and auto manufacturing. In another development, the affiliated Bayi Steel will try to start the construction of a 3 mtpa production center this year. The Xinjiang-based steelworks is to spend RMB 10 billion on the planned project to be located in Akesu prefecture, western Xinjiang, a region abundant in coal resource and metallic minerals of Fe, Mn and Zn"