Maghreb Steel Company has awarded an order to SMS Demag for setting up an electric steel mill X Melt and a 1 strand slab continuous casting machine X Cast.

These equipments are designed for an annual production of 1 million tonnes of steel and they will feed the Steckel rolling mill with the inputs.

The mix of products comprises types of low and medium carbon content steel and types of high strength and low alloy steel. SMS Demag received the order to supply a 2 stand Steckel rolling mill in 2007.

Maghreb Steel Company is one of the largest cold rolled products companies in North Africa. Most of its exported products are hot dip galvanized sheets and plates. The hot strips necessary for these products are still being imported.