Venezuelan Ferrominera expects HBI plant to resume this week

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Venezuela’s sole iron ore producer,Ferrominera Orinoco, expects to resumeoperations at its hot-briquetted iron plant in thefirst week of July, the company said Tuesday.The company stopped operations at its HBIplant at the end of December. Maintenancewas expected for a two-month period, butwas delayed for several months due to lack ofinvestment, inputs and spare parts.