In line with its strategy of adding more value to its products, Usiminas has just sold the first lot of heavy plates produced with the CLC technology to the energy industry. In total, 2,500tns were sold to Voith Hydro do Brasil for application in the Belo Monte Hydroelectric Power Plant project.
Usiminas is the only Brazilian steelmaker to use the CLC technology to manufacture high strength plates with high toughness properties and improved welding performance. With this supply – along with previous ones to the shipbuilding and machinery industries – Usiminas sales of CLC heavy plates total 40,000tns over the past 12 months.
