Guangzhou Lianzhong Stainless Steel Corp. (Lisco) has recently started to melt ferritic 400 series stainless steel at its newly commissioned 800,000ty melt shop. Trial production of 430 series stainless has begun, and the company may develop other ferritic products depending on market demand. The new meltshop started production earlier this year and produces around 20,000−30,000tns/mth of stainless, including 300 and 200 series as well as ferritics.