Argus reported that US Steel is indefinitely idling a blast furnace at its Mon Valley Works in Pennsylvania in US. The report cited a company spokeswoman as saying that “The company is keeping its 1.4 million short tons per year No 3 blast furnace down after it completed scheduled maintenance to help balance our production with our order book.”It is the company's second idling in less than a month. US Steel on 7 September idled its 1.5 million short tons per year No 8 blast furnace at its Gary Works mill in Indiana.Combined, the two idled furnaces have an estimated raw steel production capacity of 7,945 short tons per day. If they were to remain down for the entire fourth quarter, 731,000 short ton of raw steel production would be taken off the market.
Argus reported that US Steel is indefinitely idling a blast furnace at its Mon Valley Works in Pennsylvania in US. The report cited a company spokeswoman as saying that “The company is keeping its 1.4 million short tons per year No 3 blast furnace down after it completed scheduled maintenance to help balance our production with our order book.”It is the company's second idling in less than a month. US Steel on 7 September idled its 1.5 million short tons per year No 8 blast furnace at its Gary Works mill in Indiana.Combined, the two idled furnaces have an estimated raw steel production capacity of 7,945 short tons per day. If they were to remain down for the entire fourth quarter, 731,000 short ton of raw steel production would be taken off the market.
