[SMM Analysis] Fire SMM of pickling Line in Desheng Strip Plant of Baosteel to track the production influence of Steel Plant

Published: Mar 25, 2019 16:00
Source: Shanghai Nonferrous Metals Network

Baosteel Desheng stainless Steel Co., Ltd., full name of Baosteel Desheng stainless Steel Co., Ltd., is located in Jingang Industrial Zone, Luoyuan Bay Development Zone, Luoyuan County, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province. The company was established in December 2005. it was held by Baosteel Group in 2011 with a registered capital of 10 billion yuan. Mainly engaged in smelting, hot rolling, solid solution, cold rolling, sales of nickel, nickel alloys, all kinds of alloys, hot (cold) rolled stainless steel coil, nickel alloy coil, foreign trade. The project is carried out in phases, with a total planned investment of 30 billion for the construction of nickel alloy production base, and will eventually reach an annual production capacity of more than 3 million tons of hot and cold rolled stainless steel coil strip. The formation of one of the large-scale nickel alloy production bases in China has filled in the gap of nickel alloy production in Fujian Province and played an exemplary role in the development of the economic construction of Luoyuan Bay Port Industrial Zone on the west coast of the Taiwan Strait.

Up to now, the company has acquired or participated in a number of overseas mining and shipping companies, making full use of overseas mineral resources to form a complete industrial chain of mining, smelting, roughing, finishing and product processing. And has coking, warehousing, logistics and other related supporting projects. The first phase of the construction project is an annual output of 920000 tons of nickel Ni5-25 nickel alloy and an annual output of 820000 tons of hot rolled stainless steel strip, with an investment of more than 4.5 billion yuan, which is a key project under construction in Fujian Province in 2007, 2008 and 2009.

It is reported that the accident strip mill 5 #, 6 # pickling line stopped production two years ago, in November 2018 began by the company maintenance personnel plan to dismantle. In the process of demolition, the operator gas cut the 4 # deviation correction roller of line 5 #. Although the surrounding environment was drenched before the operation, the discarded plastic and other sundries (glass steel sheet and PPH pipe) could not be wet. The resulting Mars caught fire with plastic combustibles. Fortunately, there were no casualties or damage to equipment. The company said it would investigate and rectify the incident to prevent the recurrence of similar hidden dangers. According to the understanding of SMM and the person in charge of the steel mill, the normal production of the steel mill has not been affected at present, and the production schedule next month will be decided according to the market situation and the order situation, and the possibility of continuing to increase production will not be ruled out.

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