Through two years' exploration, alloy optimization of Baosteel pipe line steel has gained excellent effect. Up to now, X serial low cost pipe line steel has realized full grade coverage, with lower cost per ton and better performance.

In recent years, with the development of domestic metallurgical machinery technology, more companies are capable of producing pipe line steel. With homogeneous competition is more intensified, Baosteel's pipe line steel product is stepping into the Red Sea. Facing to the harsh market, Baosteel Co., Ltd. Has given full play to technology-based cost reduction to enhance product competitiveness. By the end of 2011, Baosteel Co., Ltd. Has started the exploration on alloy optimization of pipe line steel. Proceeded from the most massively produced and most popular X80 products, relying on production-controlled technology progress, expensive alloy addictive is reduced. In the second half of last year, breakthroughs have been made in low alloy manufacturing technology among one of the X 80 specifications, realizing massive and stable production