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  • South Korea’s POSCO resumes operations at Gwangyang 3 BF

    South Korea’s POSCO resumes operations at Gwangyang 3 BF

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    Kalpesh Padhiar
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    The South Korean steel manufacturing giant POSCO, has operationalized its Gwangyang 3-Boro blast furnace (BF) after 20 months of maintenance and up-gradation with a total cost of 400 bn won ($300 mn), which lifted its capacity to 5,500 m3 from 4,600 m3 previously. The functional Gwangyang 3 BF can now produce 25% additional hot metal…