ID: 32733“Steel – up to date with the future” Free downloadKeywords IpatingaFacility ExteriorBrazilUSIMINASCategories Country, Producer, Facility, Steel Plants, Brazil, USIMINAS, Ipatinga (USIMINAS), Production ProcessRelated itemsSteel billet passing through the hot strip mill Inspecting stacks of steel slab in storage The charging ladle moving hot metal into a basic oxygen furnace to be made into steel Exterior view of POSCO’s FINEX 3 plant Close up of billets being cast on a 4 stand caster Extruding steel billet in the hot strip mill In a hot rolling mill solidified steel is reheated to a high temperature and rolled between rotating cylinders to reduce its thickness Monitoring plate rolling in the control room