In accordance with the letter of the President of the Union steel plant AK Steel, a blast furnace with a capacity of 2.2 million tons per year will stop working next week for an indefinite period of time.
the Plant produces flat products for the automotive industry of the USA and was recently acquired by Cleveland-Cliffs at buying an integrated steel plant AK Steel.
All automakers in the US announced the suspension of production last week.
earliest possible restart for automakers - Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) and General Motors (GM) that can open a factory next week. Ford recently announced plans to resume work at the plant in Mexico with limited change on 6 April and the restart of some of its plants in the United States - April 14.
Integrated steel company US Steel announced today, that stops the blast furnaces at its plants Gary Works in Indiana and Granite City Works near St. Louis, Missouri.
earlier In the week, ArcelorMittal said it will stop two blast furnaces, one in Canada and the United States.
Gerdau halted operations at the smelting and rolling of steel at its three plants in the United States.
