It is reported that the first self-made 220×1,600mm stainless arc-shape slab continuous casting machine has produced the first tap of billet at Taishan Iron and Steel Group, which lies in province Shandong, the east of China. The single-strand caster has a capacity of 800,000 tonnes per year.

The 20th China Metallurgical Construction Corporation of MCC, as the project contractor, took seven months to install over 2,400 tonnes of equipment, almost 90 tons of pipes and lay around 35 kilometers of cable since the project broke ground on September 8th 2007.