NLMK restarts blast furnace No 2

NLMK has restarted blast furnace #2 which has a total capacity of 700,000 tn per year.

The 1000 m3 furnace underwent a 100-day overhaul. Earlier in February NLMK re-commissioned blast furnace #3 with total capacity of 1.3 mln tn of pig iron per year.
After the re-launch of BF#2, annual pig iron capacity at the Lipetsk production site will reach 7.9 mln tn, and steel-making capacity utilization will reach 87%.