Argus, citing market sources, reported that German steelmaker Salzgitter has delayed the restart of 600,000 tonnes per annum blast furnace C until September 2022. The report quoted the sources as saying that “Salzgitter decided to delay the restart again as it has sufficient slab from its two operational furnaces and a joint venture with fellow steelmaker HKM.”Salzgitter had idled the blast furnace in October 2019 and was initially meant to restart it around a similar time in 2021, but subsequently delayed the restart until the first quarter of this year, before pushing it further to May-June 2022.
Argus, citing market sources, reported that German steelmaker Salzgitter has delayed the restart of 600,000 tonnes per annum blast furnace C until September 2022. The report quoted the sources as saying that “Salzgitter decided to delay the restart again as it has sufficient slab from its two operational furnaces and a joint venture with fellow steelmaker HKM.”Salzgitter had idled the blast furnace in October 2019 and was initially meant to restart it around a similar time in 2021, but subsequently delayed the restart until the first quarter of this year, before pushing it further to May-June 2022.
