Blast Furnace Update: ArcelorMittal C-6 Blast Furnace to Go Down on September 5th

ArcelorMittal Cleveland will take down their C-6 blast furnace according to a company spokesperson who communicated with Steel Market Update this afternoon. The blast furnace is scheduled to go down on September 5 and is scheduled to be down approximately ten weeks, according to the company.

The company is conducting a partial reline of the interior walls of the furnace. When the work is complete the capacity of the C-6 blast furnace will increase by approximately 500-600 tons per day according to USW Local 979 president Mark Granakis. The new capacity will be close to 4,800 tons of molten pig iron per day. According to Granakis the upgrade to the furnace will also allow the mill to produce auto quality high-strength steels.