One of the Ten Major Construction Projects in the Republic of China is the integrated steel mill of China Steel Corporation at Kaohsiung. The first stage of its construction will be completed early next year, and its blast furnace mill will begin operation in May. The steel mill covers an area of 480 hectares. It is located close to Kaohsiung's second harbor, so the imported raw materials can be unloaded at the wharves on the mill's site. A railway branch line and a major highway connect with the mill. The domestic demands for steel increase yearly, and imports continue to rise. The industrialization of our nation requires self-sufficiency in steel. This huge plant will bring it about.
There are two stages in the steel mill's construction program. The first stage started in October 1973, and is scheduled for completion at the end of 1977. The initial capacity will be 1.5 million metric tons of steel annually. This will be increased to 2.7 million tons after 1982, and 6 million tons when the entire construction and expansion work is completed. The facilities and machinery for the steel mill are all new, being imported from industrial nations. The production is expected to be vast in quantity and tops in quality. Depending on our own situation in the future, steel may also be exported to compete in world markets.
Raw material unloading equipment
Cooling bed of billet mill
placement of bearing stand of converter
