ArcelorMittal, China Oriental JV commissions 3.5 mln t/y hot-rolling line

An 1,880mm-wide hot-rolling line with a designed annual capacity of 3.5 million tonnes at ArcelorMittal Jinxi New Materials (Tangshan) Co., a joint venture between ArcelorMittal and China Oriental Group, was commissioned on November 10, marking a key milestone in the two groups' electrical steel business in China.

The project took 18 months to complete from the signing of the main rolling line equipment contract, with the first hot-rolled coil produced after 527 days of construction, according to an announcement by Jinxi Group on November 11. The project also recorded 3 million work hours without a lost-time