Germany-based plantmaker SMS Siemag has received an order from Taiwan’s Fuxin Special Steel Co. Ltd., for the supply of a steelworks for the production of stainless steel slabs. The new steelworks will utilize the waste heat from the AOD converter and the electric arc furnace. The new construction project at Zhangzhou in the southeast of the Chinese province of Fujian comprises plant and equipment for stainless steelmaking on a scrap basis via the duplex route, a continuous slab caster and comprehensive environmental technology systems for gas cleaning and energy recovery. The works is designed for production of 720,000tns/yr of steel. Commissioning is scheduled for the end of 2012. The steel plant consists of a 160-mt electric arc furnace, a 180mt AOD-L converter and a 180mt ladle furnace. Ferritic, austenitic and martensitic stainless steels will be produced, with widths ranging from 800mm to 1600mm.
