Oman's Jindal Shadeed, part of India's Jindal Steel & Power (JSPL), has successfully commissioned a new billet caster with a capacity of 2 million tonnes per year at its mill in Sohar in northern Oman, equipment provider SMS Group said on Thursday April 18
"[The new billet caster] 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," SMS Group said.The caster has eight strands in total and can also produce square billets with a cross-section of 130-200mm.Jindal Shadeed also intends to install "further technological solutions" to enable the production...