Category: Industry News

Over the past 75 years since New China found, steel for bridge construction has gone through seven major stages of development. 1.The first generation of bridge steel: A3q Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge was opened to traffic on October 15, 1957, a total length of 1670.4 meters, riveted structure, steel beams…

The highest work record of tundish at Yaxin Steel’s steelmaking plant was set on October 8, reaching 168 hours and 26 minutes, with a total of 269 furnaces and 45,545.5 tons. This is now the world’s highest record for tundish operation. The person in charge of Yaxin Steelmaking Plant shared…

On November 12, 2024, the Shougang New Energy Vehicle Soft Magnetic Materials User Technical Seminar was held in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province. Two new products, 20SW1100Z and ESW1025R, were globally launched, along with several new technologies, including self-bonding coatings. The 20SW1100Z is a comprehensive upgrade of the best product, 20SW1200, which…

The World Steel Association (WSA) has released the latest edition (2024-2025) of its Steel Demand Forecast Report (SRO). The report shows that global steel demand will fall by a further 0.9% to 1,751 million tons this year. After three consecutive years of decline, global steel demand will rebound by 1.2%…

2024 stainless steel industry operating conditions are manifested in the stainless crude volume, apparent consumption, import and export volume year-on-year growth. The price trend in the domestic market is low, export volume keeps increasing but the export price is low. The overall efficiency of the industry is low, and the…

The 2024 Metallurgical Science and Technology Award Grand Prize was awarded to Shougang Jingtang’s MCCR Multi-mode Continuous Casting and Rolling  Technology Integration and Innovation project. The casting and rolling integration technology is a major advancement in the technology of the interface of the iron and steel manufacturing process. Mr. Wang Guolian,…

​Global crude steel production in August 2024 Global crude steel production in August 2024 in the 71 countries included in the World Steel Association statistics was 144.8 million tons, down 6.5% year-on-year. Crude Steel Production by Region In August 2024, Crude steel production in Africa was 1.9 million tons, down…