29
May
11:42
Whyalla resumes blast furnace operation
Liberty Steel's Whyalla Steelworks in South Australia has this week restarted the operation of its blast furnace, which had been suspended since March. The halted production capacity is 1.2 million tonnes/year of hot metal.
Sanjeev Gupt, executive chairman of parent company GFG Alliance, visited Whyalla over the past weekend to oversee progress on repairs, according to local news reports. He announced during the visit that "the operation of the blast…
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