Hubei Province reduced crude steel production capacity by 7.8 million tons last year.

Last year, our province reduced crude steel production capacity by 7.8 million tons and completed the reduction task set by the state for five years in one year.

On March 11, at the provincial demonstration and exchange meeting on the technological reform of the iron and steel industry held in Ezhou City, the Provincial Department of Economic and Information reported the progress of the technological reform of the iron and steel industry in our province: in 2020, the completion rate of ultra-low emission transformation of the iron and steel industry in our province reached 100%. Guide eight iron and steel enterprises to shut down and exit, reduce crude steel production capacity by 7.8 million tons, and use one year to over-complete the task of reducing production capacity determined by the state for five years and by the provincial government for three years.

As a dominant traditional industry in our province, the iron and steel industry is an important support for the high-quality development of the manufacturing industry. Technological transformation is an effective way to accelerate economic growth, enhance innovation ability, improve quality and efficiency, and promote the transformation of new and old kinetic energy.

In 2020, under the background of the impact of the epidemic on the economy, the iron and steel industry in our province has continued to recover and go against the trend, which has formed a strong support for the stability and improvement of the industrial economy of the whole province. There are 18 iron and steel enterprises in the province, with an annual operating income of 194.02 billion yuan, accounting for 4.8% of the province's industry. Among them, the output of crude steel was 35.572 million tons, ranking seventh in the country, and the output of steel was 36.491 million tons, ranking 12th in the country.

Although as a traditional heavy industry, the profit margin of the iron and steel industry in our province has increased steadily, with a profit of 7.48 billion yuan in 2020, an increase of 6.5% over the same period last year. In the past three years, Wuhan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. invested a total of 14.5 billion yuan in new technical renovation projects, Daye Special Steel invested 2 billion yuan in the first and second phases of special steel forging projects, Xinye Special Steel invested 1.8 billion yuan in intelligent equipment upgrading projects, Echeng Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. invested a total investment of 536 million yuan in the construction project of Xinjiang Hubei Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., Lijin Group invested 560 million yuan in the special steel technology upgrading project, and so on. It has effectively promoted the improvement of the quality and efficiency of the iron and steel industry in our province.

The provincial economic and information department said that since 2017, the province has rolled out the "Ten Thousand Enterprise trillion technological renovation Project". The province has carried out a total of 11600 technological renovation projects, with a total investment of 1.12 trillion yuan, and the proportion of technological transformation investment in industrial investment has increased from 39% to 43.7%. In the next step, we will take the iron and steel industry as the starting point, promote the implementation of the transformation and upgrading project of "technological renovation and manufacturing renovation", and firmly promote the digital, intelligent, green and cluster transformation of the iron and steel industry. 100 major technological renovation projects that lay the foundation, make up for deficiencies, strengthen functions and benefit the long-term are planned and implemented to promote the transformation and upgrading of the iron and steel industry in our province and to improve quality and efficiency.

In addition, according to the Provincial Department of Ecological Environment, so far, iron and steel enterprises in our province have jointly planned 116 ultra-low emission transformation projects, 76 have been completed as planned, and 6 enterprises are carrying out evaluation and monitoring. (Liu Tianzhong, Xia Zhonghua, Ma Xiaoxue)

5G digital steelmaking makes "silly big black rough" jump to the "cloud"

Steel flowers splashed everywhere, steaming hot, dirty and tired. For a long time, the iron and steel industry has formed a stereotype of "silly big black rough" in people's minds.

On March 11, at the provincial demonstration and exchange meeting on the technological transformation of the iron and steel industry held in Ezhou City, the provincial government organized a study and visit to the 5G Wisdom Steel Plant, which changed people's stereotype of the "stupid big black" of the iron and steel industry. it has strengthened the determination of many colleagues in the industry to promote technological reform.

The air quality of steel mills is comparable to that of urban areas.

On the morning of that day, the light rain walked into the factory area of Baowu Group Echeng Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., only to see the forest garden dyed green, the stream winding, and the fragrance of soil and grass coming to the nostrils.

The reporter put on his helmet and walked into the production workshop of the wide and heavy Plate Plant of Hubei Iron and Steel Co., Ltd.

Standing on the trail more than 10 meters away from the production line, there was only a huge brown-red roller turning rapidly, and the red-hot square steel plate galloped past like orange "jelly". Without the ash and smell of traditional steel mills, it is as clean and tidy as a modern car factory.

In the control room of the plant, ten monitoring screens are hung on the top of the panoramic floor-to-ceiling glass. With the click of the mouse in front of the console, the staff can realize "remote steelmaking" with the help of 5G and Internet of things technology. At present, Egang has realized one-click converter steelmaking, and more than 700 unmanned posts are under dynamic monitoring.

According to the person in charge of the information department of Egang, the company has vigorously promoted the Internet construction of the iron and steel industry in accordance with the requirements of Baowu Group's "four uniform" (operation rooms are all concentrated, operation posts are all robots, operation and maintenance are all remote, and service links are all online). Take the lead in realizing the whole process remote centralized control of the domestic iron and steel process, becoming the first full-process centralized control "intelligent" steel plant with 5G application in China. "Digital Intelligence E Steel Construction Project based on Industrial Internet" won the demonstration project of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

In the "Operation centralized Control Center" building of Egang, 114 operating rooms, such as ironmaking, steelmaking, energy, and environmental protection, were concentrated here in January last year. In front of 18 large screens showing the movements of each process in real time, more than 40 technicians sat in front of computers and operated remotely. It is neat and bright and full of sense of science and technology. at first glance, it is like walking into a high-end office building, changing the impression of ordinary people on the production environment of steel mills.

"connected to this center, there are 258 automation systems, more than 330000 monitoring points and 282 on-site operating stations, all of which are managed on one platform." Wang Sulin, chairman of Baowu Group Echeng Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., said that through remote and centralized control of the whole process, the on-site operators of Egang will be gradually replaced by robots, far away from posts in areas with high labor intensity, high temperature, and high risk. To achieve fewer people or even unmanned.

There is also a 480000 square meter "Huaxi Wetland Park" in the Egang factory, which is the largest urban steel mill wetland in China. It can handle reclaimed water from 200m3 to 500m3 per hour, and the treated water quality can meet the third-class surface water standards.

Wang Sulin said that with the networking of the company's environmental protection system and the monitoring system of relevant government departments, the company can keep abreast of the dynamic indicators of environmental protection in the production process to ensure zero discharge of waste water and ultra-low emission of waste gas.

The reporter saw on the display screen of the Environmental Protection Monitoring Center of Egang that the (AQI) value of the air quality in the plant area of Egang is 30, which is equivalent to that in the urban area of Ezhou, and the air quality is "excellent".

There is a gap of more than 30 million tons between supply and demand of steel.

"China has turned to the stage of high-quality development, and the iron and steel industry must further promote the transformation of ultra-low emissions and implement intelligent manufacturing in an all-round way." Guan Zhijie, chief designer of China Metallurgical Industry Planning and Research Institute, said.

The data show that in 2019, the steel supply in Hubei Province is about 20 million tons, the steel consumption is about 52 million tons, and the gap between steel supply and demand is 32 million tons. Guan Zhijie predicted: during the 14th five-year Plan period, with the support of the central government's package of policies to support Hubei's economic and social development, Hubei's steel consumption is expected to reach 53 million tons in 2025, and the gap between supply and demand of crude steel will remain above 30 million tons.

"this shows that there is still a broad space for Hubei iron and steel market, and Hubei iron and steel enterprises have a bright future." Guan Zhijie suggested that Hubei iron and steel enterprises should focus on high-end products, green production, intensive processing, and park characteristics, maintain Hubei's existing advantages in iron and steel production in the central region, guide the optimization and integration of iron and steel enterprises in the province, and appropriately introduce non-provincial production capacity according to the needs of industrial restructuring, focusing on promoting the industrial chain of high-end iron and steel products such as automobiles, equipment, construction, marine, and electrical engineering. Cultivate the "industrial tree" of the new material of iron and steel, and create the "industrial forest" of the new material of iron and steel in Hubei.

The provincial economic and information department said that in the next step, the provincial economic and information system will thoroughly implement the strategic goals of the Fifth Plenary session of the 19th CPC Central Committee on carbon peak and carbon neutralization, keep a close eye on the province's annual target of reducing energy consumption per unit of industrial value added by about 3%, and increasing investment in industrial technological transformation by 15%. We will actively solve outstanding problems such as poor quality and efficiency of iron and steel production capacity, imbalance between supply and demand, and hindered development space. Persist in "seeking benefits from technological transformation and quality from technological transformation", solidly promote a new round of technological transformation in the iron and steel industry, and strive to achieve new breakthroughs, see a new atmosphere, and achieve new results.