Italian stainless steelmaker Acciai Speciali Terni (AST) has resumed production, following a week of downtime in response to the coronavirus pandemic, sources told Fastmarkets on Monday April 6,
Italian authorities ordered the closure of all non-essential production from March 23 to April 3, and then extended the lockdown until April 13.The decision was made after a jump in the death toll from Covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. The majority of Italian steel companies had...