USIMINAS reported on Monday that in view of an incident in the Great Cone (Cone Grande) of the Blast Furnace No. 2 of the Ipatinga Plant, which took place last Friday, September 24th, 2021, such 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 tons of pig iron per month, or around 600 thousand tons per year. The Company 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.
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