The Bangladeshi steel and shipbreaking sectors are facing huge difficulties in the face of mounting Covid-19 cases in the country amid reduced supplies of oxygen, sources told Fastmarkets.
Daily deaths due to the virus in Bangladesh have soared in recent weeks, with a seven-day average of 100 fatalities due to Covid-19 recorded on Thursday April 22."The gas has all been diverted to Bangladeshi hospitals so IF mills can't process their scrap through gas cutting - only electric arc furnaces (EAFs) have their own oxygen supply in Bangladesh but most mills do...