Kuyambira m’ma 1980, pakhala kupita patsogolo kwakukulu pakupanga makina opangira zitsulo{1}}zopita ku zazikulu-zokulirakulira,{3}}zothamanga kwambiri-zithamanga kwambiri-zochita bwino kwambiri,{4}}zochita bwino,{5}}zopulumutsa mphamvu{5}}zopulumutsa, mosalekeza, ndi zochita zongochitika zokha-zoyendetsedwa ndi ukadaulo wotsogola pa makina oyendera magetsi zida ndi masensa), ndi makina apakompyuta (pogwiritsa ntchito makompyuta owongolera mafakitale, ma PLC, kapena ma microcomputer). Zitsanzo za kukonzedwa kosalekeza kumaphatikizapo kugudubuza molunjika, kugudubuza kosalekeza, ndi mayunitsi ophatikizika a pickling-ozizira, pickling-cold rolling-continuous annealing, mechanical descaling-cold rolling, and thin{8}}strip continuous cast/ rolling-cold rolling. Kuti achulukitse mphamvu, kuchepetsa kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu, kuchepetsa ndalama zogulira ndi kupanga, komanso kulimbikitsa zokolola za anthu ogwira ntchito, makampani opanga zitsulo amayang'ana kwambiri kufupikitsa katulutsidwe ka zinthu ndi kuyambitsa kapena kuchotsa magawo enaake a zinthu zakale, zomwe zikuchititsa kuti kuyambike njira zaumisiri "zachidule{10}}zochepa".
Zomwe zimachitika mugululi ndi izi: coke-yaulere, yopanda{1}}blast-yopanga chitsulo chamoto; ultra-high{4}}power electric arc furnace (EAF) steelmaking; kuyenga ladle (zitsulo zachiwiri); ndi kuonda-kusefukira mosalekeza. Chifukwa chakuchulukirachulukira kwa malasha opangira zitsulo komanso malamulo okhwima oteteza chilengedwe padziko lonse lapansi, njira zanthawi zonse zowotcha{7}}zopanga zitsulo za ng'anjo zimakhala ndi vuto chifukwa cha njira zina za coke{8}zopanda{9}}zosaphulika{10}}zotentha. Mayiko ambiri akupanga njira zosiyanasiyana zopangira coke{12}zopanda chitsulo ndi zitsulo, zomwe zikupita patsogolo kwambiri.
Pofika kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1900, matekinoloje angapo ochepetsera chitsulo (DRI) ndi njira zochepetsera zochepetsera kusungunula zidayamba kugwiritsidwa ntchito popanga mafakitale. Njira zochepetsera mwachindunji ndi monga gasi-njira yopangira ng'anjo ya shaft (kugwiritsa ntchito gasi kapena gasi wopangira monga chochepetsera) ndi malasha-pogwiritsa ntchito malasha (pogwiritsa ntchito malasha ngati gwero la mphamvu); Izi zimachepetsa zitsulo zachitsulo pa kutentha pansi pa malo ake osungunuka kukhala chitsulo cholimba cha siponji, zomwe zimathandiza kuti{4}}zisungunuke m'malo mwa ng'anjo zamagetsi.
Njira zoyendetsera gasi-zimakonda kwambiri njira za Midrex ndi HYL, zomwe zimakhala ndi-zikuluzikulu zomwe zimatha kupanga matani oposa miliyoni imodzi pachaka. Kuchepetsa kusungunula kumaphatikizapo kuchepetsa chitsulo kapena kuyika chitsulo chosungunuka mumkhalidwe wosungunuka kupyolera mu kuyaka kwa malasha; ndondomeko ya Corex ndi chitsanzo chodziwika kwambiri cha njirayi. C-3000 Corex yopangira gawo ili ndi iron yapachaka-yopanga mphamvu yofikira matani 900,000 mpaka 1.2 miliyoni, sikelo yomwe imagwirizana bwino ndi kuthekera kwachuma kwa njira zazifupi zopangira.
Zipangizo zolumikizira mosalekeza-zowonetsedwa ndi mizere yopyapyala-zopindika mosalekeza{2}}zimathandizira kuti ntchito ikhale yosasokonekera, yosalekeza yomwe imafupikitsa njira yopangira zinthu zakale ndikukhala ndi masanjidwe a zida zophatikizika kwambiri; Izi zikuyimira njira yayikulu muukadaulo wazitsulo. Kupitilira -kutentha kwambiri kwa pyrometallurgy, njira za hydrometallurgical zimagwiritsidwa ntchito nthawi zambiri pochotsa zitsulo kuchokera ku refractory kapena zovuta-ku-kukonza ore otsika-otsika kwambiri, komanso zina zomwe si{8}}zachitsulo kapena zosowa. Makina ofunikira omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito mu hydrometallurgy akuphatikiza zotulutsa, zida za electrolysis, autoclaves, zosefera, ndi ma centrifuges.
Kuyambira kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 2100, makampani opanga zitsulo ku China asiya kuitanitsa ukadaulo wakunja kupita kuukadaulo wodziyimira pawokha, ndikuchita bwino paukadaulo wapakhomo pazinthu zazikulu monga coking, sintering, ironmaking, steelmaking, kuponyera mosalekeza, ndikugudubuza. Masiku ano matekinoloje amaika patsogolo makina owongolera mwanzeru komanso mamangidwe obiriwira,{2}}amphamvu{2}}, zomwe zimachititsa kuti zipangizo ziziyenda mongochita kupanga, kuyang'anira zinthu patali, ndi kuonetsetsa kuti chilengedwe chisamawonongeke.