Den maximala stränggjutningskapaciteten fortsätter att öka fram till år 2001 och konsolideras vad gäller produktion av långa produkter som fram till nyligen framställdes genom götstålprocessen. ###>Similarly, MPP for continuous casting was forecast to continue rising until 2001, with continuous-cast steel being more widely used in the manufacture of long products, which until recently were produced by the ingot process.