Hyundai orders continuous bloom caster and long-product rolling mills from Siemens

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Installations are part of Hyundai’s new special steel mill in Dangjin
Continuous caster produces 1.1 million metric tons of blooms per year
Large bar mill produces annual total of one million metric tons of end products and billets for the small bar and wire rod mill

For a new special steel mill in Dangjin, the Korean steel maker Hyundai Steel has placed an order with Siemens Metals Technologies for a continuous bloom casting machine, a large bar rolling mill and a small bar and wire rod mill. Commissioning of the plants is scheduled for the end of 2015.