HomeSteelSteel Archive Brazilian steel industry operating at 60% capacity, Aço Brasil says The Brazilian steel industry is operating around 60% production capacity, up from 42% in April when demand was hit the hardest by the Covid-19 pandemic, but still far from the ideal level of 80%, Instituto Aço Brasil said on Friday August 28. At the worst moment of the pandemic, there were 13 halted blast furnaces (BF) in the country, the president of Aço Brasil, Marco Polo de Mello Lopes said during a... Email this article Your details Your recipients's details You can enter a maximum of 5 recipients. Use ; to separate email addresses. Email yourself a copy? Enter the code: Ok You might notice something different here.As we continue our evolution, our data and market news is now available through the Fastmarkets platform and a trial of this website is no longer available. Already registered? Log in Our new delivery solution allows you to access the prices and news that matters most to you in a way that delivers value, quality and a unique, fully customizable view for you. Learn More We are developing an experience that allows you to test drive building your view of our data and news on the new platform. In the meantime, we can prepare a quote for you and show you around. Get Started Contact Us +44 (0) 20 7779 8260 hello.mb@fastmarkets.com Published Felipe Peroni Renato Rostás August 31, 2020 17:35 GMT São Paulo Keywords Brazilian steel Aço Brasil production capacity steel consumption rebar hot-rolled coil Related news {{article|snippet:'title'|removeHtmlTags}} {{article|fields:'dates'|date:dateArticleFormat}}