All pig iron production facilities in Brazil came to a halt this week due to the truck drivers' strike over recent fuel price rises, Metal Bulletin was told on Wednesday May 30.
"100% of the pig iron sector has stopped due to the strike," a producer said."[Operations at] almost all companies are reportedly halted," a second producer added.The Brazilian truck drivers' nationwide strike, which began on May 18 in protest against rising fuel prices, has been preventing pig iron producers from receiving coal deliveries...