China’s ironmaking production technology forum and annual meeting was recently staged in Chongqing.

CISDI and the Chinese Society for Metals (Chongqing) organised the event and CSM were the headline sponsors.

Discussion focused on raw materials and fuels, ironmaking technologies featuring high efficiency and cost performance, long service campaign tech, intelligent production and equipment and low-carbon and non-blast furnace ironmaking.

Attendees included sector administrators, experts and scholars, ironmaking plant directors.

Attendees at China’s ironmaking production technology forum

Peng Xiao, the president of CISDI Group, commented: “We are integrating intelligent manufacturing into the conventional steel industry and are very proud of our projects.

“One of them, Baowu Shaogang’s centralised control centre, is the first of its kind in the world.

“CISDI is a major player in achieving steel transformation and high-quality developments.

“Looking to the future, we will continue to develop further innovations in green, low-carbon smelting processes. We will build on our blast furnace expertise to lay the foundation for fully digital upstream-blast furnaces and integrated and intelligent production.”

Peng Xiao addresses the ironmaking production tech forum

Zhongping Zou, CISDI’s ironmaking expert and China’s engineering survey and design master, gave a specialist report on abnormal hearth erosion. He shared reasons behind this abnormality and proposed new methods for design and maintenance.

Zhongping Zou, China’s ironmaking master, delivers a specialised report