# From Expertise to Intelligence: NISCO Deploys World’s First Swarm-Intelligence Steel Model at Scale

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- Published: 2026-10-26T20:27:00+07:00
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#### _300+ AI Applications Delivering Surges in Core Metrics and Annual Cost Reduction of Over CNY100 Million (Approx. US$15 Million) _

NANJING, CHINA – [Media OutReach Newswire](https://www.media-outreach.com/) – 26
October 2026 – Nanjing Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. (NISCO) has worked with Huawei and
ecosystem partners to commercially deploy the world’s first steel model powered 
by swarm intelligence—the YuanYe Steel Large Model (YuanYe)—across multiple scenarios
at scale. This helps NISCO transition its core operations from relying on experience
to being powered by data and intelligence collaboration.

![NISCO's intelligent operations center that covers the widest business range in
the industry and uses 5-dimensional digital twins to deliver integrated production
and operations management across spaces, boundaries, organizations, and equipment](
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 _ NISCO’s intelligent operations center that covers the widest business range in
the industry and uses 5-dimensional digital twins to deliver integrated production
and operations management across spaces, boundaries, organizations, and equipment

 As a traditional manufacturer navigating the challenges of transformation and cost
efficiency, NISCO has built a robust digital and intelligent foundation by adopting
industry-leading products including Ascend, Kunpeng, Huawei Cloud Stack, and Pangu
models. By embedding AI into every core stage of production—ironmaking, steelmaking,
rolling, and quality inspection—NISCO is forging green and high-end AI-powered super
steel plants.

 Unlike general-purpose monolithic models, YuanYe innovatively fuses multiple AI
models with the steel industry’s metallurgical mechanism models to create a dual-
drive, multi-model cluster architecture. This architecture features a “right brain”
for probabilistic computing and a “left brain” for precise and scientific decision-
making. Powered by massive amounts of sensing data aggregated from millions of operational
technology (OT) data points across 26 business domains, NISCO has achieved real-
time digital twin mapping within its intelligent operations center, laying solid
data and scenario foundations for YuanYe. This enables the entire steelmaking process
to become not only visible, but also capable of precise control and intelligent 
assessment. Now 100% of NISCO’s key equipment is connected and digitally controlled
and its new product R&D cycles have been shortened by 50%, reducing annual costs
by over CNY100 million (approx. US$15 million).

 As the model continues to iterate, NISCO had launched 25 business agents by October
2026. These agents cover a wide range of scenarios, from visual quality inspection
and process optimization to production scheduling and operations management, setting
a new benchmark for digital and intelligent steel transformation.

![NISCO's hot-rolling production line in its heavy plate plant](https://images.media-
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 _ NISCO’s hot-rolling production line in its heavy plate plant

 **Breakthroughs in four core scenarios: YuanYe redefines traditional operations
for significant safety, efficiency, and quality gains**

 *  **In the ironmaking stage, AI makes traditionally invisible blast furnaces transparent.**
   YuanYe leverages blast furnaces’ internal sensor data and metallurgical mechanism
   analysis to perform real-time dynamic simulations of the ironmaking process. 
   Assisted by furnace temperature prediction and health diagnosis models, furnace
   operators can predict temperatures and identify issues two hours in advance, 
   with over 90% accuracy. This shifts furnace operations from reactive post-event
   remediation to proactive pre-control, increasing prime-grade molten iron yield
   by over 10% while significantly cutting unit energy consumption.
 *  **In the rolling stage, AI drives precise predictions and codifies expert experience
   to enhance the operational stability of steel rolling and secure leadership in
   product quality.** To tackle the highly dynamic and complex operating conditions
   during the rolling process, YuanYe’s rolling-force prediction model achieves 
   millisecond-level response, narrowing the thickness tolerance to ±0.2 mm and 
   reducing the steel thickness deviation to 1.9% to reach a world-leading standard.
   The rolling-force hit rate has jumped from 88% to 98%, supporting a steady annual
   output of over 2.5 million tons of steel plates and increasing the overall yield
   rate by 0.5%. Enhanced dimensional precision and physical-chemical stability 
   allow NISCO’s products to meet demanding steel specifications across diverse 
   applications, ranging from mega stadiums and oil pipelines to 10,000-ton cruise
   ships and LNG storage tanks.

 *  **In quality inspection, the synergy between robots and AI models serves as 
   a discerning “eagle eye”, doubling metallographic inspection efficiency. **During
   metallographic inspection for finished steel, the integrated smart metallographic
   inspection system built on YuanYe has achieved full-process automation, covering
   sample grinding and polishing, image acquisition, and smart grading. Inspection
   accuracy has risen to over 95%, while per-sample inspection time has been shortened
   from 10 minutes down to 3–5 minutes. This 80% increase in overall inspection 
   efficiency frees human operators to focus on anomaly analysis and high-level 
   decision-making.
 *  **In the energy and environmental control stage, NISCO leverages the YuanYe 
   architecture to develop the S-Link Intelligent Agent for Gas and Flue Gas Sulfur
   Control. **Integrating 602 process parameters alongside multi-modal image and
   knowledge capabilities, the agent achieves a smart closed loop across source 
   prediction, process optimization, and end-of-pipe compliance. By combining mechanism
   inversion with time-series forecasting, it issues precise sulfur-risk warnings
   one hour in advance, achieving a sulfur prediction accuracy of over 95%. Operational
   optimization algorithms then calculate the optimal gas blending scheme within
   seconds. Finally, game-theoretic models dynamically allocate emission quotas,
   slashing natural gas co-firing consumption by nearly 50%. This has reduced downtime
   caused by emission exceedance by over 25%, and delivered more than CNY600,000(
   approx. US$90,000) in annual economic benefits—securing both environmental compliance
   and drastic cost reduction.

 **From automating labor to empowering people: Defining a new paradigm of inclusive
AI**

 Li Jinyan, General Manager of the Digital and Intelligent Integrated Development
Department and Director of the AI Research Institute at NISCO, said: “Digital and
intelligent transformation is inherently human-centric. Its purpose is not to replace
people, but to unleash human potential. Our goal is to lift employees out of the
endless sea of data, empowering them to direct their creative energy toward work
of higher value.” To date, NISCO has deployed over 300 AI models across its plants,
alongside more than 1,000 low-code agents and lightweight applications built independently
by frontline employees.

 As Cheng Yongfu, Senior Industrial Solution Expert at Huawei’s Steel & Non-ferrous
BU, noted: “The real value of industrial AI can only be realized when it expands
from single-point applications to comprehensive integration with production, operations,
and management, which can unlock sustained, scalable empowerment.”

 Looking ahead, as model deployment expands and computing demands continue to grow,
NISCO will team up with Huawei and other partners to explore the construction of
dedicated data centers for smart steel plants. Centered on the AI-native three-tier
architecture (AI-native OS, AI-native factory, and AI-native enterprise) and powered
by the YuanYe model, NISCO is accelerating high-quality steel development, aiming
to provide a replicable and scalable benchmark for the digital and intelligent transformation
of the global steel and manufacturing industries.

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