Differences between integrated steel plants and mini steel plants
Differences between integrated steel plants and mini steel plants.
An
Integrated iron and steel plant (like Pakistan Steel) is large and capable of
handling complex processes from raw materials Sintering, Iron making to steel
making, hot/cold rolling and shaping. Heavy ingot forging facilities are also added
in integrated steel plants associated with shaping of rail rolling stock , manufacturing
of automobile and truck parts etc.
On the other hand, mini
steel plant is smaller, has Electric Arc- Furnaces, uses steel scrap and sponge
iron to produce steel and has smaller size ingots casting or continuous casting
with rolling facilities preferably long products of structural steels for
construction. Typically they do not have facilities for casting and rolling of
flat products. Esoteric to some mini re-rolling mills that employ the procured ingots/ Billets for processing into construction bars,
baling hops etc. are also called mini steel mills. Usually they are set in the downstream
industries of an Integrated steel mill ( like mini Abbass steel re- rolling).
