Han steel demand season shut down equipment maintenance

• 来源：骏楠官网
• 作者：骏楠管理员
• 日期： 2017-02-27

    Hyundai Steel and Pohang Iron and Steel Co plans to shut down maintenance of tropical mill, blast furnace and other equipment from March. When the traditional demand season, the closure of equipment maintenance will affect a certain amount of production, market participants believe that the two steel mills trying to reduce supply through maintenance, to get a new round of price increases success.
Modern iron and steel: from March to May during the commissioning of the mill B and C tropical mill for maintenance, took 7 days, is expected to affect the production of about 350 thousand tons. Tang Jin plant with A, B and C3 hot strip mill, A equipment, the annual production capacity of 1 million tons, required from B and C electric oven, annual production capacity of 3 million 250 thousand tons and 5 million 500 thousand tons respectively, removethe from bf-bof.
Pohang: in March 19th, the Guangyang plant No. 2 tropical mill production maintenance, a period of about 10 days, is expected to affect the production of hot-rolled coil volume of about 540 thousand tons. At the same time also plans to be in the next few months for other equipment maintenance, including Guangyang plant No. 3 blast furnace will be repaired in April 3 days, No. 2 and No. 4 blast furnace will be in the middle of June to repair for more than and 10 days. In addition, in March 20th the annual production capacity of 5 million 150 thousand tons of Pohang mill mill maintenance of tropical food for 10 days, from the year of May 14th, the annual production capacity of 4 million 200 thousand tons of tropical mill maintenance of 1, a period of about one month.
Recently, the modern iron and steel has announced an increase in March this is the second year of hot rolled prices, in February 1, after the third round of price increases. Pohang is also brewing price, this year in Pohang in 1 and February respectively on the coil 120 thousand won ($105 / ton / ton), respectively, up 50 thousand won the modern iron and steel / ton. At present, South Korean general HRC price of about 75-77 million Han yuan / ton, in November last year, the bottom is 62-64 million won / ton, rose more than 20%.