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Blast Furnace Maintenance Slows Down, Pig Iron Production Rises Slightly

Jun 26, 2025 09:48

Source:SMM

According to the SMM survey, as of June 25, the operating rate of blast furnaces at 242 steel mills surveyed by SMM was 87.96%, up 0.26 percentage points WoW. The capacity utilization rate of blast furnaces was 89.45%, up 0.35 percentage points WoW. The daily average pig iron production of the sampled steel mills was 2.4179 million mt, up 9,500 mt WoW.

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