Posted on 10 Jun 2020
China’s Taiyuan Iron and Steel Group (TISCO) has ordered two new lines from France’s Fives to complement its investment in a new grain-oriented silicon steel (GOES) plant. The lines are planned to be operational in the second half of 2021, Kallanish notes.
Fives says it will supply a decarburizing and coating line (DCL) and a flattening and coating line (FCL), each with 80,000 tonnes/year capacity. These will process cold rolled strip from TISCO’s plant with less than 3.5% silicon content, thickness of 0.15-0.5mm and width up to 1,280mm.
TISCO held a ground-breaking ceremony for its 160,000 t/y GOES plant project in November 2019 (see Kallanish passim). The plant had a planned investment of CNY 2.58 billion ($365 million), and had originally expected to produce its first strip by the end of 2020.
TISCO hopes to take advantage of China’s growing investment in its electricity infrastructure to supply GOES for transformers. China’s GOES production is dominated by state-owned giant Baowu Group.
