CISDI’s message to METEC 2019 visitors:

Who we are:

CISDI, a technology and solution partner for the global metals industry, is:

•       A core subsidiary of MCC under Minmetals

•       Headquartered in Chongqing, China, and has a 61-year history

•       A successor of China’s backbone for the ferrous industry, Chongqing Iron and Steel General Design Institute, a trailblazer and leader of China’s steel industry

•       A technology and solutions provider chosen by global steel enterprises. The company lists 40 as clients

•       A leading provider of the full-steel-process, total solutions from consulting to technological process, equipment, electric and automation, intelligence, information technology, operations management, big data and internet plus technology

•       A pioneer in green and intelligent manufacturing solutions, focusing on restructuring, upgrades, new processes, flows, materials and methodologies.

•       A contributor to the Belt and Road greenfield steelworks in ASEAN, offering competitive, systematic solutions and expertise for developed countries’ steel upgrading

CISDI star project:

Baowu Group’s Zhanjiang Steel, China (10Mt/a Greenfield)

China’s Zhanjiang Steel is the world’s most advanced low-carbon steel plate production base and one of the world’s most efficient green steelworks.

CISDI built its Phase I over the last three years, completing the master plan, feasibility study, general layout design, main production plants and utilities design and construction. Ramp-up was swift and technical and economic indicators have surpassed designs.

Zhanjiang Steel’s achievements are exemplary:

●     A hot metal transport distance of less than one kilometre on the ironmaking – steelmaking interface

●     A plant-wide iron utilisation ratio of more than 97.2 per cent

●     An internal solid waste reutilisation ratio of 99.96 per cent.

●     Low water consumption – 2.87 tonnes of fresh water per tonne of liquid steel