Steel wire products at POSCO’s integrated steel mill in Pohang, some 370 kilometers south of Seoul. (Yonhap)
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Posco magnesium alloy coating (PosMAC), a corrosion-resistant steel product produced by South Korea’s leading steelmaker POSCO, is set to gain wider access in the Chinese market.
The China Engineering Construction Standardized Association recently certified the ternary alloy coated steel product with high corrosion resistance as a suitable material that can be used for the production of stabilizers in the Chinese construction industry.
A stabilizer is a steel buttress that prevents pipes and other equipment within building structures from dislocation during earthquakes.
PosMAC is a ternary alloy that is created by coating cold rolled or hot rolled steeled plates with three alloys – zinc, magnesium and aluminum.
At present, only Japan and a number of European countries are capable of producing similar steel products.
“With the latest certification, PosMAC products will be qualified for use on Chinese construction projects from December of this year,” POSCO said.
Kevin Lee (kevinlee@koreabizwire.com)
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