Brazilian steelmaker Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais SA announced that in view of an incident in the Great Cone of the Blast Furnace No 2 of the Ipatinga Plant on September 24th, 2021, Blast Furnace will have its operation paralyzed for a period between 90 and 150 days, depending of the repairing solution to be implemented. The equipment has the capacity to produce 55 thousand tonnes of pig iron per month, or around 600 thousand tonnes per year. Usiminas expects to compensate the lower crude steel production by using its inventories and by purchasing slabs in the market, minimizing the impacts on meeting its commitments to customers.Usiminas had resumed production at Blast Furnace No 2 on June 14th, 2021, after a pause lasting about fourteen months
Brazilian steelmaker Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais SA announced that in view of an incident in the Great Cone of the Blast Furnace No 2 of the Ipatinga Plant on September 24th, 2021, Blast Furnace will have its operation paralyzed for a period between 90 and 150 days, depending of the repairing solution to be implemented. The equipment has the capacity to produce 55 thousand tonnes of pig iron per month, or around 600 thousand tonnes per year. Usiminas expects to compensate the lower crude steel production by using its inventories and by purchasing slabs in the market, minimizing the impacts on meeting its commitments to customers.Usiminas had resumed production at Blast Furnace No 2 on June 14th, 2021, after a pause lasting about fourteen months
