ArcelorMittal restarted blast furnace No2 at its Dunkirk operations in northern France this week, in a bid to increase hot-rolled coil output to meet growing demand, the company said.
The 1.4-million-tonnes-per-year blast furnace was restarted after having been idled in spring 2020 due to falling demand for steel in Europe caused by restrictions put in place to combat the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic."This restart will enable ArcelorMittal France to be in a position to pick up additional orders for 2021...