BHP Steel expands Asia production

BHP Steel expands Asia production

MELBOURNE: BHP Steel Ltd. has opened two new plants in China, lifting its Asian network to 21 plants, The Age newspaper reports on Wednesday.

One of the new roll-forming plants is near Beijing, located to capitalize on the construction activity prompted by the 2008 Olympic Games, while the second plant is based in the western province of Sichuan.

The plants draw high-value-added feedstock from BHP Steel's three Asian painting and coating mills in Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia, the newspaper reported. -- Dow Jones