Tag: china

Chinese SS gets probed

The US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is investigating the alleged use of Cuban-origin nickel in stainless steel exported to the USA from China.

China: vanadium plant

Chengde Vanadium Titanium plans to build the world’s largest vanadium plant in China.

Homegrown SS casting machine debuts

The first self-made 220x1, 600mm stainless arc-shape slab continuous casting machine has produced the first tap of billet at Taishan Iron and Steel Group, which lies in the province of Shandong, China.

New Terra Nostra contracts

Terra Nostra Resources Corp., a majority owner of two joint venture companies in the copper and stainless steel industries in China, has announced the signing of eight new contracts with new and existing customers for monthly production of over 2100MT (metric tons) of stainless steel billets per month.

Snowstorms affect metal industry

Zhuzhou Smelter Group Co., China's largest zinc smelter, plans to gradually resume production after the Lunar New Year holiday ends in about two weeks, restoring output halted by a lack of power.

CR stainless line commissioned

The first production line of cold rolled stainless steel in the west of China had been put into production at Jiugang’s stainless plant on 26 November 2007.

Possible steel plants overseas

Baosteel Group Corp., which is planning to almost triple steelmaking capacity by 2012, may build plants in the Middle East, SE Asia and developing countries as expansion in its home market of China slows and approvals for new mills are restricted to ease raw material shortages.

Annealing furnace for stainless steel wire

Dongbei Special Steel Group, located in Liaoning province, China, has awarded the Gases Division of The Linde Group a contract for the installation of a new annealing furnace for stainless steel wire.

China opts for stainless cutbacks

Due to a high rise in production, China's stainless steel industry is facing a problem of plenty now and the glut has caused panic in the Chinese stainless steel market.

China: biodiesel processing plant

PetroChina, one of China's top three oil producers (the other two are Sinopec and CNOOC), plans to build a 100,000tpy biodiesel processing plant in Sichuan Province in SW China during the 12th five-year plan period (2011-15).