In the article, it is mainly introduced the hot-dip galvanized green steel product BTRC20 for home appliances is successfully developed by adding over 20% scrap steel as well as utilizing existing process equipment of smelting, hot rolling, cold rolling and galvanizing of Baotou Steel. Its yield strength is 212~279 MPa, tensile strength is 331~368 MPa and elongation is 31.0%~50.5%. Various indexes of developed hot-dip galvanized steel sheet BTRC20 for high-end home appliances such as mechanical properties, corrosion resistance and coating performance could all meet the technical standard of delivery. It is widely used for manufacturing the out board of such high-end home appliances and office equipment as computer, server, audio equipment and automatic office system, which is with stable bulk supply capacity.

In China, the steel for steel structure is mainly plate and applications of hot rolled H beam (RH) in steel structure is growing slowly. The use level of RH accounts for only 15% of total amount of H beam, which is relatively lower and the rest is welded H beam (BH). In this article, the specifications, types, production processes, residual stresses, microstructure at R corner, advantages and disadvantages as well as future development trends of BH and RH are compared and analyzed. Moreover, several countermeasures for the application bottleneck of RH in construction steel structure are proposed.

In the detection of building foundation piles, crosshole sonic logging is the important detection method to judge the integrality of pile body for cast-in-place concrete pile. In this paper, it is introduced the basic principle and judgment basis of detecting integrality of pile body with crosshole sonic logging as well as summarized the process flow and matters needing attention of on-site detection by taking the project of archives center in a city as an example, which provide accurate detection data for the quality of foundation pile in project.

With the increasing development and utilization of marine resources, corrosion of structural materials of marine engineering is facing severe challenges. In this article, it is summarized the research progress on corrosion status of steel in marine environment as well as deeply analyzed such influencing mechanisms as marine atmosphere, splash zone of seawater, tidal and splash zone as well as immersion zone of seawater on corrosion behavior of steel. The main current technical measures to retard corrosion of steel in marine environment are summarized as well as development direction and application prospect in future marine engineering of new corrosion-resistant steel are discussed by discussing the effects of such environmental factors as dissolved oxygen, salinity, temperature, pH value and microorganism on corrosion rate of steel aiming to provide the technical support for improving corrosion resistance of structural materials of marine engineering.

In the paper, it is elaborated comprehensively integrate idea of green development in procurement activities, drive green development of procurement by means of digital intelligence tools, promote green manufacturing with green procurement, build brand of green digital intelligence supply chain, guide and drive green, low carbon and circular synergetic development of upstream and downstream enterprises as well as accelerate green and low carbon transformation development of the entire chain for iron and steel enterprises from the perspective of modern supply chain, which could play a role of demonstration and leading for state-owned enterprises to achieve the national strategic goal of “carbon peaking and carbon neutrality” as well as provide strong supports for accelerating establishment of world-class enterprise.

In the paper, the technical progress of ironmaking system of Baotou Steel is summarized and analyzed. It is thought that the technological breakthrough and innovation of beneficiation, sintering and smelting problems for special iron ore of Bayan Obo are fundamental guarantee for achieving the ironmaking production with high efficiency and quality, low consumption, long service life and environmental protection as well as technical support of great-leap-forward development for ironmaking of Baotou Steel.

As a kind of revolutionary steel material, Zn-Al-Mg coated steel is gradually becoming the ideal substitute of traditional galvanized steel sheet and Al-Zn alloy coated steel sheet due to its excellent corrosion resistance and edge trimming protection effect as well as good formability and surface appearance. In this paper, it is reviewed the chemical composition system, effects of various elements, current status of research and development at home and abroad as well as patents and researches on application technologies for Zn-Al-Mg coated steel. Moreover, it is mainly sorted out and compared the composition design, microstructure characteristics and performance features of Zn-Al-Mg coated products of different systems in Japan, Europe and China. Finally, the future development trend of Zn-Al-Mg coated steel is expected to provide references for further research and development and applications of this material.

In the design of blast furnaces in Baotou Steel, “long campaign of blast furnace” is always the subject. In order to adapt to the smelting of special ore in Bayan Obo, blast furnace profile is gradually developed towards low shaft, the part below middle of blast furnace shaft is constructed with microporous alumina carbon brick instead of carbon brick, thick furnace lining is gradually changed to thin skinned lining, furnace hearth is with domestic large carbon brick and high heat-conducting UCAR carbon brick as well as low heat-conducting furnace hearth is changed to high heat-conducting furnace hearth. The production technology management system that could ensure stable and smooth operations of blast furnace, high output and low consumption as well as campaign of blast furnace to be over 15 years is formulated through paying attention to construction quality, optimizing cooling equipment and medium parameters, adhering to the principle of beneficiated burden material, controlling contents of harmful elements as fired, keeping furnace hearth active as well as strengthening technologies and management measures at later stage of campaign.

In the paper, it is introduced the studies on fixed flash welding process of 380HB grade high strength heat treated rare earth rail and normalizing process of joints are carried out with the common fixed flash welder and heat treatment equipment for normalizing of joints at home and abroad. The optimal welding process and heat treatment process of joints are summarized through comparing and analyzing the qualified rate of drop weight tear test, area of grey-spots and Rockwell hardness of longitudinal section for joints with different processes. For the joints of fixed flash welding for obtained 380HB grade high strength heat treated rare earth rail, the mean values of tensile strength R_m, elongation after fracture A and impact energy at room temperature KU₂ are 1 141 MPa, 12.5% and 16.0 J respectively, hardness ratios of joints H_J/H_P is 0.92, H_J1/H_P is 0.84 as well as width of softened zone for joints W≤15 mm so that the mechanical properties and microstructure of joints could all meet the standard requirements. As a result, the problems of lower hardness and drop hammer fracture of flash joint for high strength heat treated rail are solved so that the excellent performance matching of welded joints and rail could be achieved, which could meet the requirements of wear resistance and compliance for heavy-haul railway to joints of high strength heat treated rail.

The experimental study on discarding tailings in advance is carried out for raw ore to be ground and ore discharged by primary ball mill of a mine with the processes of dry-type and wet-type discarding tailings in advance based on studying process mineralogy of low grade iron ore in the mine as well as size composition of raw ore to be ground and ore discharged by primary ball mill in the existing process. The experiment results showed that the tailings with productivity of 28.27% and content of magnetic iron of 0.44% could be discarded for raw ore to be ground with dry-type discarding tailings in advance; the tailings with productivity of 33.44% and content of magnetic iron of 0.49% could be discarded for raw ore to be ground with wet-type discarding tailings in advance; the tailings with productivity of 41.39% and content of magnetic iron of 0.36% could be discarded for ore discharged by primary ball mill with wet-type discarding tailings in advance.