CONF: AI takes China's steelmaking efficiency to new heights

Rapidly advancing artificial intelligence (AI) is driving steelmaking from experience-driven to knowledge-driven production, cutting costs and boosting efficiency across both production and management, Chen Shaohui, Co-President of Shagang Group (Shagang), told delegates during a panel discussion at the 15th China International Steel Congress, which is being held by the China Iron and Steel Association in Shanghai this week.

Leveraging data as a new factor of production is a shared direction of exploration across the global steel industry, Chen noted. As a leading steelmaker in China, Shagang, headquartered in Zhangjiagang, East China's Jiangsu province, has devoted significant effort to this area in recent years, yielding encouraging results, according to