Romania’s leading steelmaker LIBERTY Galati will begin a RON 18.3 million care and maintenance program for Blast Furnace No 5, which last year produced 2.3 million tonnes last year, this week. The program, which is expected to run until the beginning of next year, will significantly improve the safety, stability, reliability and energy usage performance of the furnace. The timing of the program, with steel demand across Europe impacted by macro-economic issues, will allow Galati to make the improvements to its production processes without impacting customer delivery.LIBERTY Galati said “Work during the care and maintenance period will involve the replacement of the wear plates and two of the BLT gears, unblocking the skip pit and the BF scrubber as well as cleaning the BF shaft and top platforms.”The company plans to continue downstream rolling as normal, having accumulated slab stocks ahead of the maintenance, so deliveries to customers will not be affected. It added “LIBERTY Galati’s rolling mills will remain in full production as the business continues to serve its customers as normal. It will continue to review its pricing strategy to ensure its sales maintain an effective contribution.”
Romania’s leading steelmaker LIBERTY Galati will begin a RON 18.3 million care and maintenance program for Blast Furnace No 5, which last year produced 2.3 million tonnes last year, this week. The program, which is expected to run until the beginning of next year, will significantly improve the safety, stability, reliability and energy usage performance of the furnace. The timing of the program, with steel demand across Europe impacted by macro-economic issues, will allow Galati to make the improvements to its production processes without impacting customer delivery.LIBERTY Galati said “Work during the care and maintenance period will involve the replacement of the wear plates and two of the BLT gears, unblocking the skip pit and the BF scrubber as well as cleaning the BF shaft and top platforms.”The company plans to continue downstream rolling as normal, having accumulated slab stocks ahead of the maintenance, so deliveries to customers will not be affected. It added “LIBERTY Galati’s rolling mills will remain in full production as the business continues to serve its customers as normal. It will continue to review its pricing strategy to ensure its sales maintain an effective contribution.”
