One High-grade NPI in Guangxi Puts Online Another EAF, SMM Learns

Published: Aug 29, 2017 13:32
One high-grade NPI producer in Guangxi’s Fangchenggang put another EAF into operation recently, Shanghai Metals Market learns.

SHANGHAI, Aug. 29 (SMM) – One high-grade NPI producer in Guangxi’s Fangchenggang put another EAF into operation recently, Shanghai Metals Market learns. 

The producer now has two 36,000-KV EAF in operation, and no output is reported at the furnace which came online recently. 

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The producer, having suspended production for a long time, restarted its first furnace in mid-late June, and its July output was estimated at around 3,000 tonnes. 

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