May 1, 2008 -- China Steel Australia Ltd plans to at least triple its nickel pig iron production capacity through an $86.73 million expansion of its Linyi plant in China's Shandong Province. The company, which services the domestic Chinese market, today announced that fixed price building contracts had been signed for the plant expansion, with production scheduled to commence in January, 2009. The expansion will see China Steel Australia's production of nickel pig iron grow from 45,000 metric tonnes per year to about 140,000 metric tonnes per year.
Abstracted from Asia Pulse
