December 02, 2008

Anshan Steel to supply rails for high speed Zhengzhou-Xi\'an link

It is reported that Anshan Steel has received steel rail orders of 40,000 tonnes for China's first express railway Zhengzhou-Xi'an Line. Anshan Steel will make supplies to Zhengzhou-Xi'an Line in October 2007.

With operation scheduled in July of 2009, Zhengzhou-Xi'an Line is China's first express railway line and can afford the train running at 350 kilometers per hour. It needs 120,000 tonnes of high quality steel rails, out of which first batch of 40,000 tonnes would be provided by Anshan Steel.

As the producer of China's first steel rail, Anshan Steel boasts advanced technologies in high speed steel rail production. It has yielded several kinds of steel rails for many railway lines.

(Sourced from Mysteel.net)