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Guangzhou JFE Steel Sheet Begins Operating Cold Rolling Mill
05/31/2011 - Guangzhou JFE Steel Sheet has begun operating a new cold rolling mill with an annual output of 1.8 million tonnes as part of an integrated production system encompassing cold rolling to hot-dip galvanizing. The mill is expected to enter commercial production in July after test operation.
Guangzhou JFE Steel Sheet Co., Ltd (GJSS) has begun operating a new cold rolling mill with an annual output of 1.8 million tonnes as part of an integrated production system encompassing cold rolling to hot-dip galvanizing.
GJSS, a joint venture between JFE Steel Corp. and Guangzhou Iron and Steel Enterprises Holdings Ltd., will add a continuous annealing line (1 million tonnes/year) and a second continuous galvanizing line (CGL, 400,000 tonnes/year) under a major expansion. The company says it is taking these measures to meet the increasing demand for high-end steel in China, particularly for automobiles and electrical appliances.
The cold rolling mill is expected to enter commercial production in July after test operation. The continuous annealing line is slated to start operating in June, with commercial production to begin in August.
When the No. 2 CGL is completed by around the end of the year, GJSS’s two CGLs will have a combined annual processing capacity of 800,000 tonnes.
The completion of the cold rolling mill was recently celebrated with a ceremony in Guangzhou, joined by Eiji Hayashida, President of JFE Steel, and Zhang Ruosheng, Chairman of Guangzhou Iron and Steel.
