It is reported that the Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works plans to restart two blast furnaces on February 20 and run into operation with full capacity.
These two blast furnaces were idled due to the lack of raw materials during the world financial crisis.
The crude steel, finished steel products and pig iron output of Alchevsk was 364,000 tons, 3.32 million tons and 3.235 million tons in 2009 which decreased by 16.4%, 15.7% and 14.3% respectively. (YIEH.Corp)