Posted on 16 Jun 2022
Integrated steelmaker Cleveland-Cliffs may be delaying the restart of its maintenance-idled Cleveland blast furnace.
Multiple market sources reported the steelmaker would keep the blast furnace at Cleveland Works idled for 30 more days, pushing its restart into the third quarter instead of restarting in June.
Cleveland-Cliffs in a statement said it provides operational updates during its quarterly earnings calls. In a subsequent statement, the company said "there is no change in status for Cleveland Works."
The No. 5 blast furnace, one of two at the mill, was taken down in the first quarter for a 100 day maintenance outage to reline the blast furnace, work that according to previous time schedules should complete in June.
The blast furnace has a production capacity of 1.59mn short tons (st)/yr of raw steel, according to data from the Association for Iron and Steel Technology (AIST). The mill has a total capacity of 3mn st/yr.
Source:Argus Media
