China's first independently developed modern steel production line was put into operation on Wednesday at the Anben Steel Group in Liaoning Province in China's northeast, expanding the producer's capacity to 15 million tons from 10 million tons.

The base for the steel plates in west Anben Steel, as the program is called, is internationally advanced in terms of design, techniques, equipment and management by applying numerous state-of-art metallurgy technologies. The project is smart, efficient and environmental friendly.

It has made many records nationally and internationally. There is China's largest 260-ton converter and the world's first double four-strand casting production line which makes it possible to have billets automatically conveyed and processed into a converter.

It also has China's first 2-meter plus wide localized hot rolling and cool rolling production line, which is at the world's advanced level.

By People's Daily Online