Posted on 05 Dec 2023
Brazilian Aço Cearense Group’s Siderúrgica Norte Brasil (Sinobras) officially produced the first steel coil at its new hot-rolling mill in Marabá on 1 December. The facility should reach its full operational capacity in January, Kallanish learns from the company.
“The new mill allows our company to supply new products, such as spooled and coiled rebar and wire rod,” the steelmaker explains. The project will enable Sinobras to improve its current capacity to produce 380,000 tonnes/year of long steel to almost 850,000 t/y in the next two years. The contribution of the new rolling mill is estimated to be around 300,000t in 2024.
The investment in the facility in Pará state included the expansion of the scrap yard up to 170,000 tonnes, a new warehouse area and a new 230 kilovolts substation and 11km transmission line, which should meet the company's new energy needs.
The design and engineering work of the new mill was completed by consulting and technology firm Hatch. The electricity is supplied by the Belo Monte hydroelectric power plant, in which Sinobras is a partner, the steelmaker adds.
Source:Kallanish
