UK-based plantmaker Primetals Technologies has announced that it has signed a contract with JSW Steel, one of the largest Indian steelmakers, for the supply and installation of a two-strand wire rod mill.
According to Primetals, the new mill will be built in Toranagallu in the southern state of Karnataka, India, with the aim of keeping up with growing market demand. The mill will run at 220 mt per hour for an annual capacity of 1.2 million metric tons of wire rod per year. Production start is expected at the end of 2019.