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Liuzhou Iron & Steel and Huawei commercially deployed Guangxi’s first steel-industry foundation model, Xuantie, on Huawei Cloud Stack, ModelArts and Pangu. It spans 20+ scenarios in ironmaking, steelmaking, rolling, logistics, environment and safety under a 「20+N」 framework. Autonomous 5G locomotives on a 2-km network cut molten-iron temperature loss by 35°C, saving 60,000 tonnes of standard coal and 262,000 tonnes of CO2 annually. An LF refining model shortens refining by 2 minutes and cuts crude steel cost by about 0.73 USD/tonne. A slab-grouping model processes 1,000+ complex orders in minutes, raising plate yield by 1–2% and residual slab yield above 91%; reinforcement-learning scheduling lifts overall efficiency by 8.5%. The company targets over 80% intelligent coverage within three years.

Record shipments lifted JSW Steel’s Q2 FY27 earnings, but costs and weaker realisations absorbed 71% of the volume gain. Imports rose despite India’s safeguard duty, and coking coal costs are set to rise further.