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Pakistan’s Steel Capacity Expansion Drives Demand for Metallurgical Auxiliary Materials, High‑End Slide Gate & Nozzle Usher in New Export Opportunities

2026.5.20

In recent years, driven by infrastructure investment under the China‑Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), urbanization and manufacturing development, Pakistan’s steel demand has kept rising, making it a high‑potential steel consumption market in South Asia. According to the latest industry data, Pakistan’s domestic steel output reached about 8.4 million metric tons in FY2023‑2024, a year‑on‑year decline of 5.6%, including 4.9 million tons of long products (billets, ingots) and 3.5 million tons of flat products. Affected by economic volatility, rising energy costs and low capacity utilization, its domestic crude steel capacity is only about 4.1 million tons, while annual steel consumption hits 8 million tons, creating a supply‑demand gap of nearly 4 million tons with an import dependency rate close to 40%.

At present, Pakistan’s steel production mainly adopts electric arc furnace short‑process steelmaking. Outdated equipment, upgrading smelting technology and insufficient high‑grade steel capacity are core industry pain points. With expanding production of ordinary steel, construction steel and alloy steel, rigid demand for core continuous casting auxiliary materials such as slide gate and nozzle keeps growing. The domestic production capacity of metallurgical supporting materials is weak, and domestic slide gate & nozzle fail to meet production standards of large‑scale infrastructure projects and steel mills in performance and stability, leading to heavy reliance on imports of high‑end flow control components, which creates huge export opportunities for China’s metallurgical auxiliary materials.

Leading Pakistani steelmakers including Mughal Steel and Amreli Steels keep expanding steelmaking and continuous casting capacity with new billet casters and long‑product rolling lines put into operation. High‑quality aluminum‑carbon slide gate & nozzle featuring high thermal shock resistance, molten steel corrosion resistance and long service life are in strong demand. Our company focuses on R&D and production of high‑end slide gate & nozzle for steel metallurgical continuous casting. Our products adapt to EAF steelmaking and continuous casting of ordinary/alloy steel. With stable quality and cost‑effectiveness, we precisely meet import demands of Pakistan and South Asian markets, facilitating high‑quality development of overseas steel industry.