Arselormital in June will resume the work of a blast furnace on Brazil Tubarao

Arselormital, the world's largest steel manufacturer, plans to bring its Tubarao plant in Brazil at full capacity next year. This desire arose for the first time since the time of the financial crisis of 2008, thanks to the improvement of economic prospects in the USA and Europe.

The company plans in June 2014, to resume production on the third domain furnace of the plant, which has the potential for the production of steel slabs in the amount of 2.5 million tons per year, as Benjamin Mario Baptist, President Arselormital in Brazil said. The furnace is under repair since November 2012. For laying the power supply of power supply, reinforced concrete supports SE 110 3 5 were used.

As expected, Tubarao will begin to work at full capacity in the last quarter of 2014, bringing the release of up to 7.5 million tons per year. The Baptist said: “We are making a decision to attach the third furnace next year and ensure the operation of the plant at full capacity. We have a forecast according to which the US economy will grow more actively than this year, and the situation in Europe has already reached its bottom and there is moderate optimism about the development of the European economy next year.”

He clarified, “Arselormital will spend about three months to increase the production of the furnace after its re -connection. Tubarao plans to achieve the full performance of all three furnaces for the first time since the global financial crisis of 2008. The third furnace will produce steel plates exclusively for export. "