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Ternium Siderar still waiting to restart San Nicolas blast furnace

March 11, 2010 - 12:24 GMT Location: São Paulo

KEYWORDS: Ternium Siderar has still not decided when it will restart No 1 blast furnace at its San Nicolas works , which has been shut down since November 2008 and would be turned on again next week.

Ternium Siderar has yet to decide a restart date for the No. 1 blast furnace at its San Nicolas works despite an earlier estimation of March 15

The blast furnace has been closed since November 2008. “It wasn’t official, but within the company we had March 15 as an estimated date to resume output at the furnace. This has been postponed. Right now, there is no fixed date,” a company official told MB. Argentina’s largest...

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