Thin-slab technology, microalloys, energy, steel competitiveness, economics of substitution.
Abstract:
Thin-slab technology (CSP} provides two strategic objectives. It allows steelmakers to increase the share of flat products efficiently and economically. It also allows the substitution of high-strength microalloyed steel for commodity carbon steel, contributing to weight reduction and decreasing the demand for steel. The results, beneficial both to steel producers and users, lead to wealth formation.
Keywords:
Thin-slab technology, microalloys, energy, steel competitiveness, economics of substitution.
Author:
Michael Korchynsky
Affiiation
Stratcor Performance Materials, Inc.
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Source:
TSCR 2002, The International Symposium on Thin-Slab Casting and Rolling, Guangzhou, China 3-5 December 2002