Dunaferr Idles another BF over Met Coke Crisis

EURACTIV reported that Hungary’s largest industrial manufacturing companies Dunaújváros-based Dunaferr steel plant is forced to shut production. The company said “The situation of Dunaferr has become untenable and after the closure of one blast furnace weeks ago, on 16 September the group was forced to close down the other one, which could have fatal consequences for one of the largest Hungarian industrial companies.”The company said that the immediate reason for the shutdown is the unexpected refusal of Austria-based Donau Brennstoffkontor, their partner for decades, to supply the essential raw coke. Dunaferr said “The forced shutdown now means that there is currently no possibility for pig iron and steel production at Dunaferr.”Dunaferr said that their only chance of survival is to maintain production and restart the blast furnaces quickly because a longer shutdown would make Dunaferr’s operations impossible, mainly due to the technical risks and costs of restarting and the only possible solution is for Dunaferr to restart the supply of the necessary quantity and quality of coke within a week at the latestDunaferr has been in reeling for a long time; the coronavirus epidemic, followed by the Russian-Ukrainian war, and the energy crisis have all now put Dunaferr in a situation that the group alone is unable to cope with

Dunaferr Idles another BF over Met Coke Crisis

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