On October 30, Hebei Province-based Chinese steelmaker Xinxing Ductile Iron Pipes started to dry the 1,080 m3 blast furnace at its Hejing Special Steel Program in China's Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region, as reported by state-run China Metallurgical Group Cooperation (MCC). Construction of the blast furnace project has been carried out by 20 China Metallurgical Group Co. (20MCC), a subsidiary of MCC