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Vietnam's steel market is considered a new bright spot in the outlook of the global steel industry by the many factories with large annual capacity operating advanced technical lines. This post today will list the top 5 Vietnam A class steel factories in 2024.Hoa Sen GroupOwning more than 11 large-capacity steel mills across the country, Hoa Sen is currently leading the coated steel sheet segment in Vietnam with an output accounting for more than 35% of the coated steel market share in 2021. The machines at the factory are invested with a push pull pickling line with a capacity of 1.9 million tons/year, NOF lines to help clean the surfaces of corrugated iron with a total capacity of more than 2.2 million tons/year. In addition, the cold rolling mill is designed according to German Esmech technology with an annual capacity of more than 1.6 million tons.Besides the main product segment of galvanized steel sheet, Hoa Sen also promotes the steel pipes and zinc pipes segmentations. During the past years, the group has established 6 factories specializing in manufacturing steel pipes with a total capacity of more than 1.2 million tons/year. Hoa Sen's steel pipe market share has maintained the 2nd position for many consecutive years in the fierce increasing steel production race in Vietnam.All output steel products at Hoa Sen factories currently meet strict international standards including JIS of Japan, ASTM of USA, AS of Australia, BS of UK and EN standards of Europe. The diverse types of products and optimal quality standards in each steel output have helped Hoa Sen reach many major markets around the world.Hoa Phat Steel Factory - the leading complex Vietnam A Class steel factories Hoa Phat Steel Group was established in 1992 and with more than 30 years of operation, the group has gradually dominated the Vietnam steel market by continuously maintaining the No. 1 in construction steel market share . Currently, Hoa Phat is operating 3 factory complexes including the Hai Duong iron and steel factory complex, the Dung Quat iron and steel factory complex, and the Hung Yen steel mill.The Hai Duong iron and steel factory complex since being put into operation has provided a capacity of 2.5 million tons of steel per year including billets and bars. In addition, Hoa Phat steel pipe, which is one of the key products of the group, with a capacity of 1 million tons/year, has helped Hoa Phat maintain its dominant position in the steel pipe market in recent years. Moreover, Hoa Phat Group started to supply galvanized steel sheet products to the market every year since 2018, after only 5 years of experience in producing galvanized steel, Hoa Phat has quickly built a production line system with a capacity of reaching 400,000 tons/year.The year 2020 has marked an important milestone for Hoa Phat when the group has added a new product that is producing HRC (hot rolled coil). The whole equipment of HRC factory is designed according to modern technology of Danieli Group from Italy, including many continuous equipment clusters from smelting - billets casting  - flat rolling. The total capacity is designed to reach 3 million tons of HRC/year, Hoa Phat's HRC product promises to bring new breakthroughs to help the domestic steel industry be more proactive in finding the input raw materials and limiting imports from abroad.Ton Nam Kim steel manufacturers Ton Nam Kim tith the beginning as a company specializing in manufacturing galvanized steel products, the company has always pioneered and applied the most modern steel production technologies to the line. During years of experience in the steel section, they became the second position in galvanized steel market share. Currently, Nam Kim owns 2 coating steel mills with a total capacity of up to 1 million tons/year. In addition, Nam Kim also invested in the field of steel pipes when operating 2 steel pipe factories with a total capacity of more than 270,000 tons/year.The whole Ton Nam Kim factory uses modern steel production technology from Europe such as SMS technology from Germany and Drever from Belgium. The input materials here are imported directly from quality steel grades from Nippol Steel (Japan), Hyundai Steel (Korea) and CSC (Taiwan). The company pays attention to product quality control, all steel products must go through the close examination stages before being put on the market. The output products at the factory fully meet the international standards of JIS, ASTM, BN and AS.Since its establishment, Nam Kim has officially managed a series of advanced production lines such as a pickling line equipped with an acid regeneration system with a capacity of 900,000 tons/year. Ton Nam Kim also owns the first cold rolling mill with 2 stands and the first 6 cold rolling mills in Vietnam to help increase capacity by twice. Currently the total capacity of the cold rolling mills at the factory reaches 900,000 tons/year.Ton Dong A Corporation - one of the top Vietnam A class steel factoriesTon Dong A Corporation with the main field is trading and manufacturing galvanized steel products such as galvanized steel, galvalume steel and prepainted galvanized/galvalume steel. With the goal of becoming one of the top Vietnam A class steel factories, the group has continuously invested in equipment and production lines throughout its operation.Ton Dong A currently owns 2 steel factories including 4 galvalume production lines with NOF technology, 1 pre-painted galvanized line, 1 pickling line and 2 cold rolling mills. The lines at the factory are designed by steel production technology including Danieli (Italy) and Fata Hunter (USA).The company aims to produce high-quality galvanized/galvalume products, the input materials at the factories are always carefully checked and sourced from quality suppliers such as JFE, Kobe, Nippon (Japan), Posco (Korea) and Baosteel (China). The total capacity of galvanized steel products at Ton Dong A's factories is more than 1 million tons per year, which has helped them to distribute the network of products spreading from ASEAN regions to large markets such as Europe, America, Australia and Japan.Southern Steel Sheet Company Limited (SSSC)Southern Steel Sheet Company Limited is a joint venture between Vietnam Steel Corporation, Sumitomo Corporation (Japan) and FIW STEEL SDN BHD Company (Malaysia). Possessing 30 years of establishment and operation, SSSC is currently the one of the leading suppliers of galvanized/galvalume steel and pre-painted galvanized/galvalume in Vietnam.Up to now, the company has owned 2 factories including 2 galvanizing lines and 3 color coating lines, of which galvanizing line with capacity of 250,000 tons/year and color coating line with total production volume of more than 320,000 tons/year. The production lines at the SSSC factory applied the most advanced technology in the world such as Tenova of Italy. The output steel products at the factory always meet strict standards such as JIS G3321 and JIS G3312 of Japan, ASTM A653/A653M of the US.These steel factories not only bring quality product grades to the market every year, but also they generate jobs for thousands of workers, contributing certain values to the development of the community economy. Through the above article, MRS Steel hopes that you will have a more overview of the top Vietnam A class steel factories in 2024 to make you better understand the steel market here! 

Steel is one of the most common materials in the world as it appears everywhere from skyscrapers to a presence in consumer goods daily. There have been some questions about whether the depletion of steel raw materials will occur, in fact, steel has an endless recycling capacity and manufacturers took advantage of “steel recycling” method to produce steel for a long time.The position of steel recycling in the eco-friendly manufacturing trendingEnvironmental protection has always been a top concerned topic when the climate is clearly changing, which has seriously affected the ecosystem. In addition to some measures preventing environmental waste such as limiting the use of plastic and not littering, the application of steel recycling is a solution that brings optimized cost along with saving resources.Steel recycling brings endless value to the economy because it is conservation and is a radical solution to wasting resources. Because steel has metallurgical properties, meaning that it can be melted and solidified later. Let's think about how millions of tons of scrap steel each year, instead of being discharged into the environment, are melted down to continue to be used for the manufacturing industry. According to statistics, steel is the most recycled building material in the world with about 40% of total steel production based on scrap recycling.The benefits that steel recycling brings to eco-friendly economySteel recycling creates an endless ring An interesting fact about steel is that they can be recycled consecutively without losing their inherent durable properties. The iron elements in steel cannot be destroyed, so the manufacturer will proceed to melt the steel and add some other alloying elements to create new steel products. Just like that, the life cycle of steel repeats continuously and helps many businesses optimize costs in exploiting materials for production.Saving energy & natural resourcesRecycling steel allows people to better protect natural resources as the energy used in recycled steel will be much less than making steel by blast furnace production. For each ton of recycled steel, 1 ton of iron ore and 600 kg of coal are saved. Moreover, the energy saved from steel recycling can be used for more than 18 million households in 1 year.Reduce wasteThanks to recycled steel, the area for landfill has been significantly reduced because scrap collection is the first process to be able to recycle steel. Every year, the world produces an average of 1 billion tons of steel and without recycling methods, the world's waste will have no place to be.Decreasing emissionsAccording to research, every 1 ton of steel produced from ore is equivalent to releasing 100 kg of dust and 10,000m3 of emissions to the environment because producing steel from ore requires a lot of coal and the ore itself contains only 50% of iron. Meanwhile, scrap steel contains up to 97% of iron, so recycling through scrap steel can significantly reduce emissions to the environment and help businesses save costs of input coal.Create more jobs and income for people: the steel recycling industry has been creating jobs for hundreds of thousands of people around the world by collecting scraps or conducting sorting in recycling plants .Thanks to that, the number of unemployed people will be reduced and social evils will be limited.Currently, Vietnam is also one of the countries that have policies on greening in production and more Vietnamese businesses have begun to pay attention to the promotion of recycling. For example, Hoa Phat has built a blast furnace slag recycling plant to produce cement, they also invested in a heat-to-electricity conversion line to prolong the added value chain, reduce waste treatment costs and protect the environment.Recycling steel is now considered a very viable option for the economy because it helps to conserve energy, supports businesses in proactively having available input materials when there is no need to exploit natural materials.

Steel melting is a complex process, many stages and requires many advanced technologies to create finished products of outstanding quality, meeting the stiff demands in construction. The process has 3 main steps: iron ore treatment, blast furnace molten iron smelting and impurity treatment to form billets and finished products. In this article, MRS Steel will describe in detail the steel melting process to help you better understand the nature of this metal.1. What is iron ore steel melting?The process of making steel from scrap steel is relatively simple because the raw material only needs to go through an electric arc furnace (EAF) or an induction furnace (IF) to smelt into square billets and roll out the final product. Meanwhile, steel made from iron ore has to go through a long process with many different complicated stages. Iron ores are rocks containing metallic minerals that are mined and processed to produce steel. Different types of iron ore contain different proportions of iron, divided into 3 basic types:Magnetite: The chemical formula of this ore is Fe3O4 containing 72.41% iron. In nature, the amount of magnetite iron ore is very rare because they possess the highest iron contentHematite: This is an iron ore with 70% iron content, after magnetite, the chemical formula is Fe2O3. In Greek, hematite ore means blood because of their characteristic red color, easily found in Asia, Australia, and Brazil.Pyrit: The chemical formula is FeS2 containing iron content up to 46.67% with metallic, golden copper color. It is the most common of the sulfide minerals.2. What is the process of making steel from iron ore?Step 1: Iron ore processingIron ore with the main components being iron oxides Fe2O3 and Fe3O4 in raw form, with different contents and sizes, processed, mixed according to the required ratio, combined with coke coal, lime and dolomite to put into the furnace to produce liquid cast iron. The product is an alloy of Fe and C with a Carbon content of more than 1.7%. Carbon is an important element affecting the hardness, ductility and toughness of steel. When %C is in the range of 0.8-1%, the steel has the best strength and hardness, but if the ratio exceeds 1%, they begin to decrease. Therefore, the manufacturer reduces C in cast iron and some other harmful impurities (Cu, Ni, Cr) to less than 0.03%. Liquid cast iron water, after being transferred to an oxygen furnace, helps to melt iron ore and reduce the level of impurities such as sulfur, phosphorus,...Step 2: Create a liquid of molten steelFrom the molten cast iron in stage 1, it will continue to be led to the basic furnace or electric arc furnace to treat impurities and combine some other metals such as manganese, chromium, nickel, aluminum, copper, ... to enhance the technical properties of the steel and create the grade required by the market.Step 3: Roll billet, finished steelWhen step 2 has been completed, the liquid metal is put into casting machine systems to form billets or finished construction steel products such as rebar, coil, hot rolled steel,....There are 3 main types of bar stock, slab and bloom, which are cast in two different states: hot casting and cold casting. For bar stock with cross section of 100x100, 125x125 and 150x150, length 6.9m or 12m  for use as coil and rebar. Slabs are often used to make hot rolled coils, cold rolled coils or V-C-U-H sections, while bloom can completely replace both bar stock and slabs.3. Vietnam's modern steelmaking technologyThanks to the closed steel melting process, advanced technology lines imported directly from G7 countries such as Tenova group, Danieli - the leading corporation in Europe and the world in metallurgical and steel rolling equipment, has turned ore into high quality products without impurities. Products after steel melting have impurities below 0.03%, lower than the standards of many fastidious import markets in the world.The process of smelting steel from ore removes many harmful impurities such as S, P, so the finished steel has strength and longer life expectancy. Steel made from iron ore possesses superior physical and mechanical properties and can be rolled into products with a higher diameter and grade of steel such as D55 construction steel, tensile strength reaching over 600N/m2, suitable for construction projects, bridges, ports, skyscrapers,…Steelmaking is a complex production process, requiring many modern technologies and lines to ensure product quality and not cause pollution to the environment. Vietnam is one of the countries with the leading steel melting capacity in the world. For any inquiry and request for quotation, please contact MRS Steel via Email: vanloc@mrssteel.com.vn for detailed advice.

Today, when the demand for use is increasing, many people have chosen PPGI/PPGL for their projects. So what should importers pay attention to before importing PPGI/PPGL? Consult with MRS Steel!Choose the right PPGI/PPGL for the projectCurrently, PPGI/PPGL are commonly used in civil works, with diverse designs, colors and materials. Depending on each project, the appropriate PPGI/PPGL is selected to maximize its functions when put into use. For each building architecture, it will be suitable for a different PPGI/PPGL, so it is necessary to clearly define the purpose of the project to choose the right PPGI/PPGI for your project.Learn the utilities and special features of PPGI/PPGLIn addition to choosing PPGI/PPGL to suit each type of building, you also need to pay attention to some other important features of PPGI/PPGL such as: light weight; aesthetic value; sound insulation, heat insulation;...Light weight: Lightweight PPGI/PPGL panels will make the construction and installation, as well as the repair and maintenance, easier, saving a lot of time and effort.Aesthetics: Usually, PPGI/PPGL products are quite aesthetically pleasing; it is an important part of expressing your building style. Aesthetics are determined based on style and color. You can choose a style that suits the architecture of the building or choose colors according to interest.Insulation ability: For some countries with harsh climates, the sound and heat insulation of PPGI/PPGL is even more effective. The use of PPGI/PPGL will help the building become cooler on hot days as well as limit noise.Market price surveyYou need to survey again to choose a good supplier in terms of both quality and price. For a product line, the price from each supplier will be different. Before importing, you should consult the prices of many suppliers, compare prices and choose products with reasonable costs. However, when choosing PPGI/PPGL, don't be cheap; cheap products may be poor quality and may affect your project. Therefore, if you are in need of long-term investment in architectural works, especially high-class apartments and villas, choose PPGI/PPGL with a high price segment to ensure durability and resistance for many years.Choose brand, place of productionQuality is a prerequisite to ensuring the sustainability of the project. When choosing to import PPGI/PPGL, the most important thing to consider is the brand and the place of manufacture; this is something that many importers overlook. So if you choose, pay attention to the ISO product quality management certificate or certificate of origin; this helps to ensure the quality of the work. Choosing a reputable brand will help importers avoid buying fake and poor-quality goods on the market.Currently, in the Vietnamese market, many famous brands produce and trade PPGI/PPGL, such as SY Steel Vina, Dong A, Nam Kim, Hoa Sen,... The products of Vietnamese enterprises always meet strict requirements slots for all projects, from civil projects to large-scale projects. With a source of qualified products, Vietnam is proud to provide importers with quality PPGI/PPGL products, an indispensable material solution for construction projects.Hopefully, with the above sharing, MRS Steel will help importers have more information to choose beautiful and durable PPGI and PPGL products at a reasonable price for their projects!

Galvalume is considered a special imported product because the process of finding out information about the item is always complicated. Galvalume steel coil specifications always come with a series of dense data in terms of width, hardness, and thickness that importers need to learn carefully before conducting a transaction.Technical Galvalume Steel Coil SpecificationsThe technical specifications are the evidence demonstrating the strength, toughness and mechanical properties of products. If you are an importer and do not know the basic specifications below before proceeding to trade the item, it is very easy to meet the situation of receiving the finished product not as expected.ThicknessThe thickness is one of the important galvalume steel coils specifications in the information description table. The thickness will certainly affect the selling price, depending on a coil of steel thickness or thin that the factory will calculate a suitable price for the buyer. Sometimes importers require oversized thicknesses, which will make it difficult to find source because not all factories can meet the special requirement of thickness in production.Currently, for Galvalume coils, the ideal thickness is usually in the range of 0.25 to 1.2 mm. The reason why is called the ideal thickness because this is the thickness range that most factories can produce and it is often widely applied in many fields.Coating thickness symbolGalvalume steel coil has 3 layers including base steel layer, aluminum zinc coating layer and color coating layer. Therefore, when viewing coating symbols, importers need to keep in mind a few definitions. There are 3 common coating thickness symbols in galvalume steel coils specifications used by steel manufacturers including BMT, TCT and APT.BMT: reflects the thickness of the base steel layer, which is the inner steel core that has not undergone aluminum galvanizing processes. Therefore, if the galvalume coil is printed with BMT, the importer should understand this as the thickness symbol of the cold rolled coil.TCT: The full name of TCT is Total Coating Thickness, which means that the thickness of the product will now include the base steel layer along with the galvanized layer.APT: APT is the only symbol for prepainted galvalume steel coil products because APT stands for After Painting Thickness, the thickness of the steel product after color plating.Width Besides the thickness, the width gauge size also plays an important role among galvalume steel coils specifications, the manufacturer will rely on these two parameters to calculate the weight of the steel coil. The common formula for calculating the weight of coiled steel applied by many factories today ism (kg) = T (mm) x W (mm) x L (mm) x 7.85Where T is the symbol for the steel thickness, W represents the width and L is the length of the coil. The number 7.85 is the density of iron in mathematics.Grade (Hardness)If thickness was a reflection of the steel's appearance, then hardness would be a measure of the strength for galvalume steel coils. High hardness means that the strength of steel is extremely good and it also shows durability. However, higher hardness also makes the steel become more difficult to handle in machining and design applications. People usually will rely on 3 criteria to evaluate the hardness of steel including: Tensile, Yield Strength and Elongation.Yield StrengthThe manufacturer will put the steel in a specialized machine and start pulling at the 2 heads of the steel, at a certain force when the steel begins to deform, the manufacturer will rely on that to record the Yield Strength of the product.Tensile If Yield Strength reflects the time to deform of steel, then Tensile will be the proof of the maximum strength of a steel product. When the tension between the two heads reaches a large enough to make the steel break at this point, it is called Tensile. Currently, the unit of measure applied to both Yield Strength and Tensile is MPA (N/m2).ElongationElongation is a measure of the distance between the beginning deformed position to the point of failure, it is calculated based on the ratio between Yield Strength and Tensile. If the percentage of Elon is large, it shows that the steel is ductile and easy to form up. Whereas the percentage of Elon is low, it means that the steel is hard and brittle, the steel structure is extremely solid but it will interfere with shaping.In addition, the steel hardness parameters shown on the information table are usually calculated based on the minimum force impact. More specifically, if the Yield Strength parameter is G300, when testing the steel standard, the manufacturer will have to use a minimum force of 300 Newtons to deform the steel.Color IDOne color tone will have many different color shades, so learning the color code before implementing trade will help importers avoid the risk of receiving wrong colors. During the negotiation process between the two parties, the manufacturer will often send to customers a RAL color system with certain symbols on them. When the customer reports the color code, the manufacturer will base on the customer's color requirements to mix the paint color.Commodity classification in galvalume steel coil specificationHS CodeHS is a commodity classification code that is applied to all countries, so when conducting commercial transactions between two countries, understanding the HS Code is the necessary action in determining the category of goods.Conventional iron and steel products refer to the first 2 digits as 72, the following numbers will classify in more detail the width as well as the thickness of the steel coil. The most common HS Code of galvalume coils today is denoted by 8 digits 72107013.Country of origin & Brand NameOne of the last galvalume steel coil specifications that importers need to pay attention to is information about the origin of the product. Possessing a certificate of origin will make the goods easier to clear and the importer can rely on it to distinguish whether it is an authentic product or a floating product on the market.Find out the good partner in removing barriers when importing Galvalume steel The expanding global economy as a trend has led to the development of cross-border commercial cooperation relationships. Unlike domestic trading, import-export trade, especially steel products, always hinders foreign importers about the diversity in price segment and the choice of Vietnamese reputable factories.Due to many years of experience and working in the steel industry, MRS Steel is ready to accompany you in solving commercial transaction problems. During the process of establishment and development, we believe that we can advise and help you find a source of quality and reputable goods based on our extensive relationship with domestic steel factories.If you are in need of importing Vietnamese steel products, specifically galvalume steel products and you are in need of further advice on pricing policy, please contact MRS Steel immediately through the information attached below!

Besides the usual steels, today manufacturers have continuously innovated and released many improved steel alloys to serve diversified industries. Chromoly steel is known as a steel alloy that is lighter in weight than any other steel, but it also ensures good durability and load capacity.What is Chromoly steel and its important specificationsChromoly steel is a low-alloy heat-resistant steel formed by a combination of "chromium" and "molybdenum", of which the chromium content is 10%. The role of alloying elements will make the product have superior features to ordinary carbon steels because it helps increase durability after undergoing heat treatment.The Chromoly steel grades are conventionally identified by the first two digits of 41, to indicate that this is the designation of chromium and molybdenum steels. An example of the most common type of Chromoly steel can be mentioned as AISI 4130 steel which is currently being used a lot in the oil and gas, aerospace,...CHEMICAL ANALYSISC%Carbon 0.28 – 0.33Mn%Manganese 0.40 – 0.60P%Phosphorus 0.035 maxS%Sulfur 0.040 maxSi%Silicon 0.20 – 0.35Cr%Chromium 0.80 – 1.10Mo%Molybdenum 0.15 – 0.25Some remarkable properties of chromoly steel Limitation in metal corrosionChromium is known as a metal with very high hardness, it also has amazing corrosion resistance. When chromium meets oxygen, it will form a compound Cr2O3, which is the strongest compound of chromium in anti-oxidation. So if Chromium is added to steel, it will create a more protective layer for the steel core, the more chromium content, the higher the steel's ability to resist rust.Outstanding hardnessSimilar to chromium material, when adding the molybdenum to the structure of steel, it will provide superior strength as it increases the hardness of steel and of course, the tensile strength of steel will be greatly improved. A chromium molybdenum steel plate can be designed to withstand a load force of up to 760 MPa.Thanks to this ideal hardness, Chromoly steel helps to maintain the stability of the structure, increase the load-carrying capacity, and minimize the product's warping or distortion when subjected to long-term loads.Good heat resistanceBeyond the feature of increasing hardness, chromoly steel also possesses good heat resistance properties because molybdenum compound allows the steel to survive well under temperatures up to 5800C. Molypden is a heat resistant substance in nature, when combined with chromium, this link will significantly reduce the damage of steel structures in high pressure environments.Long-term cost savingsChromoly steel will cost more than standard steel grades, but in terms of its useful applications in the long-term, this steel will provide the amount of cost-effectiveness for plan. If you are looking for a material that is stronger and lighter than steel but not as expensive as titanium, chromoly steel will be the best choice for you.List of common Chromoly steel's applications Basically, Chromoly steel has some similar features to standard carbon steel, but thanks to the addition of a chromium layer, the steel has enhanced strength and resistance to oxidation, the molybdenum content in the steel also increases toughness. Because of these superior features, the Chromoly steel line becomes useful and is being applied to many industries.Aerospace industryIn the past, steel and aluminum were the popular materials in the aviation industry, but in recent decades, chromium steels are gradually being applied and replacing traditional materials. Thanks to its thermomechanical properties, chromoly steel is often used to support jet engines and landing systems.Manufacture of vehicles and bicyclesDue to the versatile combination of durability properties as well as good load bearing, Chromoly steel is often used to make car chassis. Moreover, based on the advantages of anti-corrosion and high hardness, manufacturers often use them to make gears and automobile crankshafts.Chromoly steel is considered the best material for bicycles. Although Chromoly is known for its hardness beyond standard, it also possesses surprisingly good ductility. Thanks to this factor, manufacturers can freely shape and weld metal parts together to create trendy chassis models that still ensure good durability and bearing capacity.Chemical industriesMany studies have proved that Chromoly steel can suffer from extreme environmental temperature conditions up to 5800C for a long time. Therefore, this steel is widely used in high pressure industries such as oil filtration and chemicals.Depending on the numerous advantages that Chromoly steel brings, it is not difficult to imagine that Chromoly steel will become a standard material for many applications of the field in the future. Therefore, preparing a plan to add Chromoly steel as the main sources for your projects will be a perfect decision for future sustainable development.If you are in need of sourcing reputable Chromoly steel as well as learning more about price segments in the Vietnamese steel market, please contact MRS Steel via Whatsapp +84 76 911 2358 or email vanloc@mrssteel.com.