Ukrainian steel maker ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih has continued with the scheduled restart of blast furnace No 6, which had been idled for over a month due to the Russian invasion. The company has successfully conducted blowing-in of the furnace and is expecting to produce the first thousand metric tons of pig iron per day. Later, ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih expects to produce 5,000 tonnes of pig iron per day. The company's coke production and mining divisions are also increasing outputArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih also intends to restart blast furnace No 8 by May and to start exporting iron ore concentrate from the beneficiation plant No 1 by May 10.There are three blast furnaces at Kryvyi Rih, located in southern Ukraine, with furnace 6 one of two smaller ones. The restart means around pig-iron production will be around 20% of the plant's normal levels, an ArcelorMittal spokesman said.
Ukrainian steel maker ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih has continued with the scheduled restart of blast furnace No 6, which had been idled for over a month due to the Russian invasion. The company has successfully conducted blowing-in of the furnace and is expecting to produce the first thousand metric tons of pig iron per day. Later, ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih expects to produce 5,000 tonnes of pig iron per day. The company's coke production and mining divisions are also increasing outputArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih also intends to restart blast furnace No 8 by May and to start exporting iron ore concentrate from the beneficiation plant No 1 by May 10.There are three blast furnaces at Kryvyi Rih, located in southern Ukraine, with furnace 6 one of two smaller ones. The restart means around pig-iron production will be around 20% of the plant's normal levels, an ArcelorMittal spokesman said.
