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NLMK Restarts Lipetsk Blast Furnace

NLMK (Novolipetsk Steel) has restarted its 2000-m3 Blast Furnace No. 3 at its main production site in Lipetsk.
 
The company had idled Blast Furnace No. 3 in October 2008 for a general overhaul. As part of the 100-day overhaul, the company partially renovated the unit’s furnace shell and refrigerators and fully replaced the refractory. The cost of the overhaul was RUR65 million.
 
The Lipetsk facility’s Blast Furnace No. 3 has a maximum annual production capacity of 1.3 million tonnes of pig iron.