Jindal Shadeed Iron & Steel LLC (JSIS)- a company of Jindal Group, in Sohar, the Sultanate of Oman and SMS group have successfully put a new high-speed billet caster with six strands into operation.
The continuous casting machine was designed and commissioned in cooperation with SMS Concast, a company of SMS group. It is currently operating with six strands and produces rebar billets of 165 millimeters square section at a casting speed of 3.6 meters per minute.
However, provision is made for eight strands and square billets with a section range from 130 up to 200 millimeters. These billets shall be produced at casting speeds ranging from 1.0 to 5.0 meters per minute and shall reach an annual capacity of 2,000,000 MT.
JSPL Shadeed’s steel production in first three quarters of FY19 stood at 1.27 MnT and sales were recorded at 1.34 MnT in the same time frame.
Jindal Shadeed, a subsidiary of Jindal Steel and Power Ltd., owns and operates a 2 MnTPA Steel Melting Shop (SMS) which is Oman’s first and largest SMS, and also the third largest Steel Plant in the Middle East & Gulf Region. The facility at Sohar, Oman is powered by an integrated and highly automated steel plant, with 1.5 MnTPA HBI, 2.4 MnTPA SMS and 1.4 MnTPA Rebar Mill.
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