Yukun Iron and Steel celebrates two years of Danieli QSP-DUE operations in Yunnan. The plant casts a record 145‑millimetre slabs and rolls endless strip down to 0.8 millimetre. It achieves 28 heats in twelve hours with 97.4% utilisation. Energy consumption sits 25% below minimill averages. The facility holds over fifty patents and covers thicknesses from 0.8 to 25.4 millimetres across three rolling modes, making it the most flexible high‑capacity direct casting line globally.