September 07, 2008

Shaoguan 3200 cubic meter BF breaks ground

It is reported that Shaoguan Steel's No 8 blast furnace has broken ground on March 12th 2008.

Construction period of the 3200 cubic meter blast furnace is merely 10 months, despite insufficient supply of construction resources in local region.

The furnace is expected to raise the steel maker’s capacity to 10 million tonnes from current 6 million tonnes.