subject: World Steel Demand Began To Pick Up A Large Steel Production - Steel Demand, A Large Steel - Steel [print this page] Entered in June showing signs of recovery in global steel industry. Major steel plant capacity utilization began to recover early mill and facilities to be closed one after another reboot. Nippon Steel 7 to 9 months of capacity utilization close to 70%, jfe company in June from the previous capacity utilization of 55% to 60%, Kobe Steel plans to Sept. capacity utilization from the current 60% to 70 %. Currently, POSCO's capacity utilization reached 100%, blast furnace No. 4 has been reset, Hyundai Steel's capacity utilization also increased to 80%. Following the June Raz Group, Brazil ferrous metallurgy companies, U.S. Steel Corporation blast furnace shutdown after reboot into 7-8 months, as the global steel industry continued to pick up, the world's major steel makers in one after another restart the blast furnace . Nippon Steel Blast Furnace No. 1
restart. Japan's Nippon Steel Corporation based on production efficiency, operating costs and steel demand outlook for full consideration, August 2 large factory reset the contents of plot 5775 cubic meters of blast furnace No. 1. However, Nippon Steel Kimitsu plant volume of 3273 cubic meters, the No. 2 blast furnace will continue to be shut down. 1 large branch is the world's largest blast furnace, on February 1 this year closed in March and later made into the maintenance, in May has not immediately put into production after maintenance. Currently, Nippon Steel Total 7 5 blast furnace in operation.
Posco Kwang Yang 4, restart the blast furnace. Gwangyang Blast Furnace No. 4 on February 18 this year shutdown for maintenance, maintenance after the effective expansion of capacity from 3800 m3 to 5500 m3, a volume of the largest blast furnace Pohang.
Early resumption of China Taiwan China Steel No. 3 blast furnace. The company executives said, because more stable steel prices, stock-based International Iron and Steel to the smooth, the original scheduled shutdown in early repair to 9 No. 3 blast furnace, furnace is expected to open ahead of schedule. No. 3 blast furnace of steel on April 13 this year shutdown, was scheduled to resume production early in September ignition, may now be brought forward to the end of August.
Riva No. 2 blast furnace will be restarted. Italian steelmaker Riva Group (riva) plans to end or early October 9 to restart the No. 2 blast furnace, the furnace in the Riva Group, a subsidiary of Taranto steel plant (taranto). The blast furnace can Taranto steel plant to restart the capacity utilization of 50% back every day to produce 15,000 tons of steel. French steel mill blast furnace restart
Ammi. The world's largest steel group Arcelor Mittal in France Lorraine re-ignition of a blast furnace production. So is the current second blast furnace was too early to resume production, it is difficult to predict the recovery of production capacity blast furnace is a long-term. Fuller, Arcelor Mittal, said the resumption of production of Lorraine a blast furnace depends entirely on the needs of the present has been clearing its inventory, and demand for automotive steel production increased slightly. The group also plans to restart the recent blast furnace plant in Ghent, Belgium and Spain early in September restart the blast furnace plant Gijon.
