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Saturday, March 5, 2011

Dongnan Steel Industry 1280 cubic meters BF to start production in May

Saturday, 05 Mar 2011, By steelorbis

It is reported that Xuzhou, Jiangsu based Chinese steelmaker Dongnan Steel Industry Co new 1,280 cubic meters blast furnace and associated steelmaking and rolling facilities are currently in the final phase of installation and debugging.

The new blast furnace the first blast furnace with a capacity of over 1,000 cubic meters to be built in Xuzhou city is expected to start production on May 1 this year. It will increase Dongnan Steel Industry's annual output capacity by 1.5 million tonnes to 3 million tonnes.

Construction of the new blast furnace and associated facilities commenced on March 28 last year while the total investment involved is CNY 3 billion.

Dongnan Steel Industry is now preparing to apply for official permission to construct a second 1,280 cubic meters blast furnace, in line with its plans to build two more 1,280 cubic meters blast furnaces in the coming two to three years. These new blast furnaces would increase the company annual steel output capacity to 6 million tonnes.

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