Core Insights - Nanjing Steel Co., Ltd. (Nanjing Steel) is leveraging advanced digital and intelligent technologies to transform its operations and enhance its competitiveness in the steel industry [1][2][4]. Group 1: Digital Transformation Initiatives - Nanjing Steel has initiated a comprehensive data governance program, achieving over 90% core data asset integration into a centralized data lake, and became one of the first listed companies in China to report digital assets exceeding 10 million yuan in 2024 [2]. - The company launched a three-year action plan called "Artificial Intelligence Hundred Scenes Thousand Models," collaborating with Huawei to build a vertical model base for the steel industry, facilitating real-time data flow and algorithm iteration [2][4]. Group 2: AI Applications in Production - Nanjing Steel has implemented an intelligent peak-valley optimization scheduling system, which improved energy utilization efficiency by 4.24 times, generating an additional 6.55 million kWh of electricity in 2024 [4]. - The company has enhanced the mechanical performance prediction of carbon-manganese low-temperature steel, increasing product performance qualification rates by over 1.5% through advanced data analysis and real-time monitoring [5]. - An AI-driven coal blending system has reduced the blending time from 1-2 days to 1-2 minutes, lowering the cost of coke by 5-10 yuan per ton [7]. Group 3: Quality Control and Process Optimization - Nanjing Steel has developed a new AI prediction engine for rolling force, enabling rapid modeling and high-precision predictions across various steel grades and conditions [7]. - The implementation of AI visual models for quality inspection has significantly improved defect detection capabilities, addressing challenges related to sample scarcity and variability [7][9]. Group 4: Future Directions and Collaborations - The collaboration with Huawei Cloud Stack is not only a technological partnership but also aims to establish a new paradigm for industrial intelligence, reflecting the broader transformation of the Chinese steel industry [9][10].