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On January 16, Lianyuan Steel said that the cold-rolled silicon steel project of Lianyuan Steel is progressing steadily, and the first phase of the project is mainly for new energy vehicles, high-grade non-oriented silicon steel for large motors will be put into production at the end of June this year. According to reports, the cold-rolled silicon steel project of Lianyuan Steel is a landmark project for the full implementation of the strategic positioning and mission of "three highs and four new", and it is also a project for Lianyuan Steel to carry out in-depth adjustment of product structure. With a total investment of 8 billion yuan, the total annual production capacity of Lianyuan Steel's full-process silicon steel will reach 1 million tons, fully meeting the requirements of green development and "double carbon" in various industries, moving towards a high-grade, high-performance and high-end market, and providing sufficient silicon steel substrate resources and technical support for the development of Hunan's silicon steel industry.
On January 31, good news came from the production line of the silicon steel sheet division of Xingang Group - after two years of precipitation, the thickness was 0Another ultra-thin and high-grade non-oriented silicon steel 15XW1150 15mm, which is mainly aimed at the high-end market, was successfully rolled. After entering the market, this product is mainly used in the field of drones and high-speed motors. In particular, it is worth mentioning that this new product has only 015 mm. Don't underestimate this 0At 15 mm, it is not only as thin as a cicada's wing, but also marks the success of the new steel to reach 015 mm to 0The 35 mm series of high-precision new energy steel thickness is the highest standard, and has since become one of the highest standards with 015 mm thin specification and high grade non-oriented electrical steel production capacity of steel enterprises.
February
On February 14, the commissioning ceremony of the new 20-high Senzimir rolling mill project of the silicon steel department of Wuhan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. was held at the site of the third branch. The new 20-high rolling mill in the silicon steel department is a key project in the development plan of Wuhan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., which has a comprehensive production capacity of wide high-end oriented silicon steel and non-oriented high grades, covering all thickness requirements of the current market for silicon steel products. Compared with the current running similar rolling mills, the maximum rolling speed of the new 20-high rolling mill is 25% faster, the thinnest rolling thickness is 20% thinner, and the thinnest product is like ordinary printing paper. The commissioning of the new rolling mill provides strong support for the silicon steel department to further optimize the product structure, strengthen the profitability of the products, and enhance the market competitiveness.
March
On March 14, Wangbian Electric said that the domestic equipment of the 80,000-ton new material project invested by the company is expected to be in place in June 2023, and it is estimated that 2-30,000 tons of new production capacity will be added at that time, and the key imported equipment is expected to be in place in June 2024, and the production capacity of 5-60,000 tons can be added that year, and it is expected to reach production in 2025.
On March 24, Baosteel's non-oriented silicon steel product structure optimization project was put into operation, which is currently the world's only high-grade non-oriented silicon steel professional production line completely oriented to the new energy automotive industry. The project will provide 500,000 tons of top-grade high-grade non-oriented silicon steel products for new energy vehicle users every year. Baosteel Co., Ltd. said that the successful operation of the project will provide a strong guarantee for the vigorous development of China's new energy and provide strong support for the realization of the "double carbon" goal. After the project is put into operation, the annual output of Baosteel's silicon steel products will reach 4 million tons, of which the annual production capacity of high-grade non-oriented silicon steel will exceed 1 million tons, ranking first in the world, and can provide high-grade materials for 4 million new energy vehicles every year, which will greatly improve the current supply and demand relationship of high-grade non-oriented silicon steel in the new energy automobile industry, and will reduce carbon emissions by 3.6 million tons, equivalent to the absorption of 330,000 hectares of forests.
April
On April 14, the machine roared at the construction site of the high-end non-oriented silicon steel project of Shougang Zhixin Qian'an Electromagnetic Materials, and workers were stepping up the construction of the main plant. It is understood that the total investment of the project is 24400 million yuan, after the completion of the project, it can produce 350,000 tons of high-end non-oriented silicon steel products annually, and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 1.63 million tons annually.
May
On May 9, at the 3rd Non-Oriented Silicon Steel Application Technology Conference of Baosteel Co., Ltd., three non-oriented silicon steel products were launched for the first time in the world, which marked a new step in the green and low-carbon development of Baosteel products.
June
On June 17, Baotou Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. Rare Earth Steel Plate Factory successfully poured 17 furnaces of silicon steel, creating a new record for the number of continuous casting furnaces of this steel grade, reaching the industry-leading level, and at the same time, the output of hot rolling production of silicon steel was also greatly reduced. The hot rolling line has increased the production of oriented silicon steel from four consecutive roll cycles in the past to five roll cycles in June by continuously improving roll preparation capacity. Oriented silicon steel is the key product of Baotou Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. rare earth steel plate factory, and currently produces more than 20,000 tons of oriented silicon steel per month.
On June 28, the world's thinnest "hand-torn steel" in the field of non-oriented electrical steel - thickness 01 mm wide ultra-thin high grade non-oriented electrical steel was successfully rolled in China Baowu New Steel Group.
On June 29, Baosteel Co., Ltd. Wuhan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. New Energy Non-oriented Silicon Steel Structure Optimization Project officially started. The total investment of the project is about 4000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
On June 30, the first batch of non-oriented silicon steel of Hunan Lianyuan Steel's electromagnetic materials was shipped. The project products include high-grade non-oriented silicon steel, high-magnetic inductance non-oriented silicon steel, non-oriented silicon steel for new energy vehicle drive, and high-magnetic inductance oriented silicon steel. The total production capacity is 1.2 million tons, including 800,000 tons of high-grade non-oriented silicon steel and 400,000 tons of oriented silicon steel. The project is implemented in two phases and four steps.
On June 30, the heat load test of the regularized pickling unit of TISCO's stainless high-end cold-rolled oriented silicon steel project contracted by TISCO Engineering was successfully tested at one time, laying a solid foundation for further improving the quality and market competitiveness of TISCO's high magnetic induction oriented silicon steel products.
On June 30, the CA unit of Chongqing Wangbian Electric (Group) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Chongqing Wangbian Project) designed and supplied by CCID was successfully put into operation, and the unit configuration reached the international leading level. The company's 80,000-ton high-end magnetic new material project is scheduled to be put into operation on June 30, 2024, aiming to produce high-grade oriented silicon steel of 85 and above.
July
On July 6, POSCO Holdings announced that the production line of the first phase of the construction of the new non-oriented electrical steel for new energy vehicles at POSCO's Gwangyang plant in South Jeollanam-do is under construction and is expected to be completed and put into operation in October this year. After the first phase of the project is put into operation, it will increase the production capacity of 150,000 tons of non-oriented electrical steel for new energy vehicles - hyper no.
On July 9, Hebei Radio and Television Station reported that the second phase of the construction site of the high-end non-oriented silicon steel project of Shougang Zhixin electromagnetic new energy vehicle located in Qian'an, Tangshan, has completed the main construction of the plant and entered the stage of mechanical and electrical equipment installation. The second phase of the project started construction in January this year, with a total investment of 244.5 billion yuan, the main product is high-end non-oriented silicon steel materials for new energy vehicles, which will be fully put into production by the end of next year. Wang Chenggang, deputy general manager of Shougang Zhixin Qian'an Electromagnetic Materials, said that after it is put into operation, new energy vehicle materials will achieve an annual production capacity of about 700,000 tons, form an annual output value of about 7 billion, and create more employment opportunities. The company has rolled off the assembly line of 6 series of more than 20 silicon steel products for new energy vehicles, which have been successfully applied in batches by well-known domestic and foreign car companies such as BYD, Volkswagen, Nissan, etc., and have been stably supplied to 8 of the top 10 car companies in the world's new energy vehicle sales, and fully covered the top 10 car companies in domestic new energy vehicle sales, and 4 out of every 10 new energy vehicles in the country have been adopted"Qian'an core"。
On July 11, Shanxi Jingang Holding Group will build a million-ton ultra-short-process low-carbon hydrogen metallurgy and silicon steel new material project on the basis of the results of H-RIF gas-based direct reduction test, and build a steel manufacturing process with the shortest production line, the most advanced technology, the least carbon emission and the competitiveness from iron ore to finished rolled products.
On July 14, the first coil of oriented silicon steel of HBIS Tangsteel Co., Ltd. was successfully rolled off the production line, with a silicon content of 3A high silicon grade of more than 0%, with product composition and surface quality that meets the requirements of the standard, will be used as a substrate for cold-rolled oriented silicon steel.
On July 20, TISCO Stainless Steel held a signing ceremony for the EPC general contracting contract of the new high-temperature annular furnace project of the high-end cold-rolled oriented silicon steel project, and MCC Jingcheng Metallurgical Engineering Technology successfully won the bid and won the EPC general contracting contract of the high-temperature annular furnace No. 2 project. The successful signing of the contract marks the official entry into the implementation stage of the No. 2 annular furnace project, the key equipment of the second phase of TISCO's high-end oriented silicon steel project.
On July 21, the first phase of Anqing Xinpu Electric's oriented silicon steel project, a subsidiary of Putian Tiexin, was successfully put into operation. In the first quarter of 2023, Anqing Xinpu Electric's first phase of the Oriented Silicon Steel (CGO) Annealing Coating Unit 1 (DCL-1) and the Oriented Silicon Steel (CGO) Thermal Leveling Coating Unit 1 (FCL-1) constructed by Huangshi Shanli Technology Co., Ltd. were successfully put into production with one-time feeding heat load respectivelyAnd in the second quarter, the overall production target of the project was reached.
On July 26, designed and constructed by Huangshishan Science and Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Shanli Technology), the 1 oriented silicon steel surface insulation coating and tensile heat leveling production line (FCL-1, FCL-2 unit) of Hongwang Holding Group - Hunan Hongwang New Material Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Shanli Technology) was successfully commissioned and commissioned in March and June this year, and the first coil of oriented silicon steel finished products was officially rolled off the production line, which was the first full-process oriented silicon steel production in Hunan and filled the gap of oriented silicon steel in Hunan Province.
On July 30, the 1450mm 20-high reversible cold rolling mill of Chongqing Wangbian Electric Group (Co., Ltd.) ** high-end magnetic new material project was successfully put into operation, and the 1450mm 20-high rolling mill oriented silicon steel hard coil of Wangbian Electric was successfully rolled off the production line.
August
On August 18, Hunan Lianyuan Steel Cold Rolled Silicon Steel Project (Phase I) was officially put into operation. The project is expected to be completed in May 2025, with a total production capacity of 1.2 million tons, which will help Lianyuan Steel build the largest silicon steel production base in the central region. The project started in June 2022 with a total investment of 9 billion yuan and will be constructed in two phases. After reaching production in 2025, it can produce 800,000 tons of high-grade non-oriented silicon steel and 400,000 tons of oriented silicon steel. The main products cover high-grade non-oriented silicon steel, non-oriented silicon steel for new energy vehicle drive, high magnetic induction oriented silicon steel, etc.
On August 21, shagang plans to add 1.18 million tons of high-quality silicon steel project. China 20th Metallurgical Corporation won the bid for the first phase of the main plant project of the first phase of the high-quality silicon steel project of Zhangjiagang Yangzijiang cold-rolled plate of Shagang Group, and the civil engineering and installation project of the silicon steel continuous withdrawal unit. The first phase of the cast-rolled thin strip high-quality silicon steel project plans to increase the production capacity by 1.18 million tons, all of which are non-oriented silicon steel, and the maximum width of the strip is 1300 mm. The main process equipment includes a cold-rolled silicon steel pickling and rolling unit with an annual output of 1.18 million tons, four silicon steel continuous annealing units with an annual output of 1.18 million tons, supporting recoiling and packaging units, and supporting public and auxiliary facilities.
On August 25, the company's Masteel Regional Engineering Project Department Construction General Contracting Masteel Cold Rolling Plant Silicon Steel 1 Continuous Retreat Overhaul Project Project held a groundbreaking ceremony in the Silicon Steel Continuous Retreat Workshop of the Cold Rolling General Plant.
On August 27, Jilin Jianlong New Energy Electromagnetic Materials Project built two sets of 20-high single-roll mill stands hoisted in place, marking that the installation of 20-high rolling mill equipment of the project has entered the rapid installation stage. After the completion of the project, it can produce 250,000 tons of high-quality new energy electromagnetic materials and 80,000 tons of low-grade cold-rolled commodity coils annually.
September
In September, South Korea's POSCO plans to put into operation a non-oriented electrical steel plate production line in the fourth quarter of this year at the Gwangyang Steel Plant in Jeollanam-do, with a design capacity of 300,000 tons per year, and the commissioning of the new production line will increase the production capacity of POSCO non-oriented electrical steel plate from the current 100,000 tons per year to 400,000 tons per year. The groundbreaking ceremony for the production line was held on April 22, 2022US$8.4 billion to meet the growing demand for electrical steel due to the gradual increase in the production of eco-friendly vehicles. According to a statement by the company POSCO, it is capable of producing 830,000 tons of electrical steel per year.
On September 6, Inner Mongolia Mengliheng New Material Technology Co., Ltd. officially started construction of 1 million tons of high-performance electrical steel project in Dalat Economic Development Zone, Inner Mongolia, with a total investment of 3 billion yuan, covering an area of 836 acres, and is planned to be constructed in two phases, and the first phase of 500,000 tons of high-performance electrical steel project is planned to be completed and put into operation in May 2024. After the completion of the project, it will produce 400,000 tons of high-magnetic-oriented silicon steel and 600,000 tons of high-grade non-oriented silicon steel.
On September 11, Wang Baoyu, secretary of the Jinnan District Party Committee, visited the site of the newly started Gerun New Materials High-end Electrical Steel Project and the Feiyun Powder Phase II Project to understand the problems existing in the construction process of the project and study the solutions. Tianjin Gerun New Materials is a research and development, production, sales oriented silicon steel "integration" of enterprises, products exported to many countries and regions, enterprises in Jinnan District after the completion of the new project, will have an annual output of 200,000 tons of high magnetic inductance non-oriented silicon steel and 160,000 tons of high magnetic induction oriented silicon steel production capacity.
On September 16, the first batch of medium and high grade cold-rolled non-oriented silicon steel 50JW470 of Jiugang Group was successfully rolled off the assembly line in the acid rolling unit of Hongxing Carbon Steel Sheet Factory, and performed well in the annealing coating process of downstream manufacturers. The successful production of this product marks that JISCO Group has completely opened up the production process route of medium and high grade cold-rolled non-oriented silicon steel, and laid a solid foundation for the subsequent research and development of higher grades.
On September 17, the first volume of finished products of Anqing Xinpu Electric Co., Ltd., which was constructed by Huangshi Shanli Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Shanli Technology), was successfully rolled off the production line, marking the successful one-time heat load of the first four-layer horizontal oriented silicon steel production line in China.
On September 18, Chongren County, Fuzhou City, Jiangxi Province, held a signing ceremony for the project with an annual output of 160,000 tons of cold-rolled high-grade oriented silicon steel (HIB 10,000-ton high-grade non-oriented silicon steel). The project covers an area of about 550 acres, with a total investment of about 3 billion yuan, and the project products are cold-rolled high-grade oriented silicon steel (HIB) and high-grade non-oriented silicon steel. After the project is completed and put into operation, it is expected to achieve an annual operating income of about 6 billion yuan and an annual tax revenue of about 1More than 800 million yuan.
On September 26, the German steel company thyssenkrupp Steel produced the first strip coil at its new two-stand reversible cold rolling mill (supplied by Primetals Technologies), enabling high-quality production of silicon steel and advanced high-strength steel. As one of the core equipment in the steel giant's future development plan, the rolling mill was commissioned on October 30.
On September 30, the non-oriented electrical steel products for new energy vehicles developed by Hunan Lianyuan Steel Electromagnetic Materials - L35WV1900, L35WV1700, L30WV1500 and L27WV1400 were successfully rolled off the assembly line, filling the gap of Hunan new energy non-oriented silicon steel products.
October
On October 8, the high-quality silicon steel project of shagang rolled thin strip was officially started. The cast-rolled thin strip high-quality silicon steel project covers an area of 820 acres, and plans to build 2 million tons of silicon steel, which will be constructed in two phases, of which the construction scale of the first phase is 1.18 million tons of non-oriented silicon steel.
On October 17, Hunan Zhexiang New Material Technology Co., Ltd. successfully rolled off the assembly line with silicon steel for the drive motor of new energy vehicles, and the performance indicators of the two new specifications of 27WV WV1500 reached the predetermined goals.
On October 18, Hunan Lianyuan Steel Electromagnetic Materials plans to build and implement the second phase of the cold-rolled silicon steel products project, and the project investment is estimated at 597.7 billion yuan. Among them, the first step of the project investment 206.6 billion yuan, planned to start in July 2023, with a construction period of 18 months, to achieve an annual output of 80,000 tons of oriented silicon steel products;The second step of the project investment 391.1 billion yuan, planned to start in September 2024, with a construction period of 15 months, to achieve an annual output of 220,000 tons of oriented silicon steel products and 400,000 tons of non-oriented silicon steel products.
On October 28, the 1780 production line of Beiying Rolling Mill successfully tested 255*1270mm non-oriented silicon steel 50bw800. Its process control meets the requirements, the overall rolling process is stable, and the quality indicators are good, achieving a breakthrough in the production of silicon steel in Beiying Rolling Mill.
On October 30, the "Implementation Plan for the Transformation and Upgrading of the Metallurgical Industry in Hubei Province (2023-2025)" was issued, which mentioned that by 2025, the operating income of the metallurgical industry will exceed 500 billion yuan. Among them: the iron and steel industry exceeds 300 billion yuan, and the non-ferrous metal industry exceeds 200 billion yuan. By 2025, we will strive to achieve about 70% of the production capacity of excellent special steel, and achieve the production capacity of 1.9 million tons of non-oriented silicon steel, 900,000 tons of oriented silicon steel, and 500,000 tons of high-end bearing steel.
November
On November 6, Zhangjiagang Panhua planned to build a new silicon steel production line. The second phase of the Panhua project has a total investment of 5 billion yuan and plans to add 263 acres of land for the construction of supporting equipment and facilities in the logistics park, including stainless steel shearing production and processing lines, cold-rolled shearing production lines, and scrap steel processing production lines. At the same time, two to three push-pull wide plate pickling production lines, two 1800mm wide plate reversing mill production lines, two 1580mm wide plate reversing mill production lines, six to seven cold rolling production lines and various wide plate galvanizing production lines (including one silicon steel production line) have been added in the original phase of the site. After the project reaches full production, it will strive to achieve an annual output value of 50 billion yuan and an annual tax of 200 million yuan.
On November 10, Aperam, a Luxembourg stainless steel company, announced its financial results for the third quarter and first three quarters of 2023. In the third quarter of 2023, sales in the Stainless Steel and Electrical Steel segment were 93100 million euros, down 11.1 percent from the second quarter3%；EBITDA was -6 million euros, compared to 52 million euros in the second quarter;Operating profit was -33 million euros, compared to 26 million euros in the second quarter. In the third quarter of 2023, the Stainless Steel and Electrical Steel divisions delivered approximately 3710,000 tons, a decrease of 054%, an increase of 54%。From January to September, the cumulative amount was about 11430,000 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 860,000 tons, a decrease of 7%.
On November 20, Shougang Co., Ltd. said in a recent survey with investors that the company's new energy vehicle electrical steel wire project has been stable and stable since it was put into operation in 2022, and the output has risen steadily, and the production capacity of non-oriented high-grade electrical steel for new energy vehicles has reached 550,000 tonsThe company's high-performance oriented silicon steel project was successfully put into operation this year, increasing the production capacity of thin-gauge oriented electrical steel by 90,000 tonsThe high-end silicon steel heat treatment project will build a normalized pickling line and two retreat lines, which will be put into operation in 2024 to further enhance the production capacity of the company's high-grade electrical steel products. In the first three quarters of 2023, the company's high-end electrical steel products accounted for 64%, and it is expected that by 2025, the company's total output of electrical steel will reach 2.2 million to 2.3 million tons, and the output of high-end products will account for more than 70%.
On November 21, the company's Jilin Jianlong Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. 250,000 tons of high-quality new energy electromagnetic materials project EPC general contracting CA furnace was successfully ignited, marking the project into the countdown stage of production.
On November 30, in the workshop of the No. 1 continuous retreat overhaul project of Maanshan Iron and Steel Construction Group, as Luo Wulong, member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and deputy general manager of Maanshan Iron and Steel Group, announced the start of the No. 1 continuous heat load test run of the silicon steel of the cold rolling plant, marking the official entry of the line transformation into the heat load test stage. The total investment of the No. 1 continuous withdrawal project of silicon steel of the cold rolling plant is 65 million yuan. After the transformation, the annual production of high-grade non-oriented silicon steel is 180,000 tons, which strongly supports the adjustment of the variety structure of Masteel Company and continuously improves the competitiveness of cold-rolled products.
December
On December 1, Wuhan Iron and Steel launched the high-end oriented silicon steel green manufacturing structure optimization project. It is expected that in 2026, a new intelligent and modern-oriented silicon steel plant will be built. WISCO said that after the upgrade, the thickness of oriented silicon steel will be further reduced to 018 mm, or even lower. The lower the thickness, the lower the loss of electrical energy in the process of transmission, which will further promote the construction of China's modern energy system, and such a thickness will also rank among the thinnest phalanx of mass production oriented silicon steel in the world. The annual production capacity of Wuhan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. will reach 900,000 tons, becoming the world's largest oriented silicon steel manufacturing base, which can reduce carbon emissions by about 2 million tons per year and contribute an output value of about 4 billion yuan.
On December 2, according to Baotou Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., 35W440 high-grade non-oriented silicon steel rolled off the production line of the silicon steel production line of Baotou Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. Rare Earth Steel Cold Rolled Plate Factory.
On December 7, the East China silicon steel core, stainless steel finishing and supporting service project invested by Hongwang Holding Group, one of China's top 500 enterprises, was officially signed and settled in Qianqiao Street. The plan is to invest 600 million yuan to build East China silicon steel core, stainless steel finishing and supporting service projects, including the construction of an annual production capacity of about 360,000 tons of oriented silicon steel core processing project, stainless steel finishing production line with an annual production capacity of about 300,000 tons and office research and development base. On December 14, Yanshan Iron and Steel's cold-rolled oriented silicon steel production line with high added value is about to start construction.
On December 16, Jilin Jianlong released that the output of Jilin Jianlong's silicon steel hot-rolled in November was gratifying, reaching 18,19967 tons, the highest record since the silicon steel was put into production.
On December 21, the first steel structure workshop column of Shagang cast-rolled thin strip high-quality silicon steel project was successfully hoisted, marking that the project has entered the steel structure installation stage. Since the start of construction on October 8, the project team has anchored the goal, carefully organized, scientifically arranged, and worked hard and skillfully with "first-class engineering quality and first-class construction speed", and finally completed the first node of the project 46 days ahead of schedule, laying a solid foundation for ensuring the efficient and orderly progress of the project.
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