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Severstal shuts down largest BF, shipments not affected
Russian steelmaker Severstal has started the shutdown of the largest blast furnace No.5 for major repairs at its flagship Cherepovets Metallurgical Plant (CherMK), the company tells Kallanish.
It is the largest unit for the production of cast iron not only at CherMK, but also in Russian metallurgy, the enterprise claims. Its current productivity is 4.2 million tonnes/year of pig iron. In 2023, the furnace produced 35% of CherMK’s cast iron.
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