Hebei Iron & Steel Group has achieved an annual production capacity of 450,000 tons of cold-rolled hard coils and 120,000
tons of cold-rolled coils through the intelligent factory project [6]. The high-quality steel slab continuous casting mold
technology developed by Sinomach Group can reduce the linear defect rate on the surface of cold-rolled coils by 40% [5].
n April 2025, the average price of cold-rolled sheet and coil in the domestic market dropped to 3,935 yuanper ton.
The mismatch between supply and demand led to an intensification of inventory pressure