CherMK reschedules shutdown of its coke battery No.4

摘要

Russia’s Cherepovets Steel Mill (CherMK) intends to start reconstructing its 460,000 tpy coke batteryNo.4 next April, with the downtime to last 3 years.The company initially intended to stop the facility earlier, however the time frames were shifted dueto high-priced pet coke in the free market. If the need in the material persists at the current level, theshortage will be around 35,000?40,000 t, Metal Expert estimates.