US Steel will resume work at Gary Works in August

US Steel announced that it will reopen blast furnace # 8 at its Gary Works in Indiana, which has a design capacity of 1.07 million tonnes per year on August 1, to meet increased demand from the contract business. US Steel said: “As a major supplier of steel to the automotive industry, Gary Works is restoring this capacity to meet the very strong demand we see from key contract customers with the automotive resurgence. This action also supports the continued demand we are experiencing from the manufacturing side. household appliances, packaging and construction industry. "

Production of No. 8 BF was temporarily halted in mid-March amid declining demand from the coronavirus pandemic and related car production stops.

In late June, US Steel announced the # 6 BF relaunch at Gary, citing increased customer demand. No. 6, which was temporarily suspended at the end of April, has an annual nominal capacity of 1.23 million tons per year.

The largest metallurgical plant in the United States, Gary Works, has four blast furnaces and produces sheet, strip and tin products. BF No. 14, with an annual design capacity of 2.54 million tons per year, continued to operate, while furnace No. 4, with a design capacity of 1.36 million tons per year, was suspended in March.