Huangshi

Hubei Xinyegang Steel (Xinyegang), a subsidiary of one of China's largest specialty steel makers, CITIC Pacific, officially launched two new specialty seamless pipe plants on 11 December 2009. This boosts Xinyegang's seamless pipe capacity to 1.1m tonnes/year. Located in Huangshi city in central China's Hubei province, the two new plants are one 460mm medium- and thick-walled Assel mill with a design capacity of 300,000 t/y and one 273mm Assel mill with a design capacity of 230,000 t/y.