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Jan
13:07
Usiminas restarts blast furnace 3 amid market uncertainty
Brazilian steelmaker Usiminas restarted blast furnace number 3 (BF3) at its Ipatinga plant in Minas Gerais on Wednesday, Kallanish learns. The official ceremony was attended by the new owner Grupo Techint and the state administration.
BF3 is the largest of the Usiminas furnaces with an annual crude steel production capacity of 3 million tonnes. The upgrade in modern production systems and new environmental control equipment system totalled nearly BRL 2.72 billion …
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