Primetals Technologies to supply hot strip mill, hot skin pass mill to ArcelorMittal Lázaro Cárdenas

Primetals Technologies has received an order from steel producer ArcelorMittal México S.A. de C.V. to supply a hot strip mill and a hot skin pass mill for its production site in Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán State, Mexico. This will enable ArcelorMittal Lázaro Cárdenas to process the slabs produced in its works on-site.

The hot strip mill will be erected on a turnkey basis, including power supply, mechanical equipment, drives, and automation. Design capacity is 2.5 million metric tons of hot strip per year. The hot skin pass mill is designed to process 650,000 tons per year. The startup of the hot strip mill and the hot skin pass mill is planned for 2020.