Tuesday, 08 Feb 2011
The Canadian Press reported that Essar Steel Algoma announced that it has started its No 7 blast furnace after a lengthy, unplanned shutdown that began in late January.
Essar said “The blast furnace is ramping up smoothly and expects to return to normal operating levels in the next few days.”
It added that meanwhile, coke making operations remain in full effect and limited production continues at select downstream operations.
Mr Pramod Shukla COO of Essar Steel Algoma said “As we look forward to the resumption of full operations, we wish to thank our customers, employees and the community for their patience and understanding during this difficult period.”
The company had said earlier that the outage was caused by a cooling water leak and initial efforts at an expedited startup were unsuccessful due to extreme weather conditions.(sourced:The Canadian Press)
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