China: China makes intensive breakthroughs in high-end steel products in 2026.

Storyline China makes intensive breakthroughs in high-end steel products in 2026 China's steel industry has developed several breakthroughs in high-end precision materials this year, empowering the electronics, automotive and communications industries. To enable convenient and speedy signal transmissions, today's 5G mobile communications require ultra-thin low-carbon steel foil that's no thicker than 0.10 millimeters. For a long time, the rolling methods China used to achieve such thin metals relied on foreign equipment and enterprises. Today, the Shougang Group is mass producing a version that's even thinner at 0.07 millimeters which is expected to be used for 5G base station signal receivers, integrated circuit boards and new energy battery connection pieces. An engineer folded the metal into a paper airplane to demonstrate its flexibility. Hu Na, engineer, Shougang Jingtang Steel United Iron and Steel Co., Ltd.： "Although it's thin, it has excellent toughness and feels like paper, and we can easily bend it and repeatedly fold it." Another breakthrough has been this iron-silicon alloy widely used in drive motors for new energy vehicles and in joint motors in humanoid robots. [Restrictions: No access Chinese mainland]