new steel materials
“Materials are a weapon of great power competition and a support for the high-quality development of Chinese manufacturing. New steel materials are the basis for more innovative development in the manufacturing industry. Focus on the development of new steel materials, from the realization of the full life cycle of green, high quality products and upstream and downstream integration of development of three aspects.” On August 30, Wang Yingsheng, chief economist of the China Iron and Steel Industry Association(CISIA), said in a speech at the seminar on new steel materials and the integrated development of the steel and nuclear power industry.
According to a series of development strategies and goals on new steel materials issued by the state, Wang Yingsheng believes that the development of new steel materials needs to be made from the following three aspects.
In response to the core proposition of green and low-carbon transformation and development of the steel industry, the steel industry has carried out a lot of effective work. Launched the “capacity replacement”, “ultra-low emission” and “extreme energy efficiency” three major transformation projects, built the first EPD (Environmental product Declaration) in China’s industrial field – the EPD platform for the steel industry, carried out a series of low-carbon metallurgical technology exploration, and effectively promoted the low-carbon development of the steel industry.
“It is encouraging that the green and low-carbon development of the steel industry has changed from a concept to practical action.” Wang Yingsheng said in particular.
Since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, China’s steel industry has experienced a development process from scratch, from small to large, from weak to strong, especially in terms of steel production, since 2020, China’s steel production exceeded 1 billion tons for the first time, the annual steel production has been more than 1 billion tons, and the proportion in the world has basically remained above 50%. It can be said that now China’s steel has achieved “what you want, how much you want.”
To achieve high-quality products, on the one hand, it is necessary to meet the needs of users in high-end areas with high quality, such as the nuclear power field that puts forward higher performance requirements from the aspects of corrosion resistance, high temperature resistance, fatigue resistance, and high strength. “At present, China’s steel has achieved good results in high-end product-related aspects, such as high-end silicon steel used in Japan’s downstream manufacturing industry.” He pointed out that the key to the next step is to meet the needs of users in key areas such as the new energy industry and high-end areas. On the other hand, to achieve the economy of the product, taking the hot coil plate as an example, the price in the United States last year was $1600 / ton – $2200 / ton, the price in Europe was basically $1200 / ton – $1800 / ton, and the price in China was $600 / ton – $800 / ton. It can be seen that China’s steel industry can now provide products with both high performance and economy. Wang Yingsheng said that in the next step, the steel industry should continue to do a good job in these aspects, accelerate the development and promotion of new materials, and realize the transformation of production-oriented manufacturing to service-oriented manufacturing.
A generation of materials, a generation of equipment; One generation of materials, one generation of innovation. Wang Yingsheng said that the innovation and development of the steel industry is inseparable from the support of the upstream and downstream industries, and will continue to meet the support of the upstream and downstream industries, and will continue to meet the material needs of the innovation and development of the upstream and downstream industries. In this regard, the steel Association put forward the steel application expansion plan, the main path is to upgrade and replace materials, rely on expanding upstream and downstream cooperation, open up industrial development space, and ensure the upstream and downstream industrial material upgrade demand.
The steel industry and the nuclear power industry are closely linked and upstream and downstream of each other, and in the past development, they have formed a good interaction that supports each other and resonates with the same frequency. Looking ahead, the cooperation between the two industries is even more exciting.
On the one hand, the steel industry is a large consumer of energy, and the demand for clean energy such as nuclear power, photovoltaic, wind power and hydropower continues to rise. Especially in the context of “dual carbon”, the steel industry will vigorously develop electric furnace short-flow steelmaking and hydrogen metallurgy, etc., which need stable and sustainable electricity, will provide a broad application market for nuclear power. On the other hand, the steel industry is an important raw material supplier for nuclear power construction and nuclear power equipment manufacturing.
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