According to the SMM survey, as of January 8, the operating rate of blast furnaces at 242 steel mills surveyed by SMM was 85.33%, up 0.26 percentage points MoM. The capacity utilisation rate of blast furnaces was 86.88%, up 0.83 percentage points MoM. The daily average pig iron production of the sampled steel mills was 2.346 million mt, up 15,100 mt MoM.
[SMM Blast Furnace Operating Rate] Maintenance Blast Furnaces Gradually Resume Production, Pig Iron Production Slightly Rebounds
- Jan 08, 2025, at 4:59 pm
According to the SMM survey, as of January 8, the operating rate of blast furnaces at 242 steel mills surveyed by SMM was 85.33%, up 0.26 percentage points MoM. The blast furnace capacity utilisation rate was 86.88%, up 0.83 percentage points MoM. The daily average pig iron production of the sampled steel mills was 2.346 million mt, up 15,100 mt MoM.