ArcelorMittal South Africa is restarting its second blast furnace at the Vanderbijlpark operations due to rising steel demand amid resumption of lockdown-affected construction projects in the country, SteelMint gleaned from media reports. The steel-maker informed the furnace would add 0.6 mn t of additional annual flat steel production. However, exports would still be required at the current demand expectations for 2021.
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