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USSK reduces working hours amid scheduled maintenance
US Steel Kosice (USSK) has introduced shorter working hours for the remainder of summer due to scheduled annual maintenance, including on a blast furnace, the firm tells Kallanish.
Typically, slower business activity makes summer the best period to carry out the work, it adds.
The Slovakian mill saw steel shipments drop 20% on-year in the first quarter to 883,000 net tons; however, raw steel production inched up 0.3% to 1.09 million nt, giving capacity utilisatio…
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