SSAB reignition of Raahe BF adds to January furnace restarts across Europe

Nordic steelmaker SSAB restarted the blast furnace at its facility at Raahe in central Finland early in 2023, the company said on January 27 and now expects the market to stabilize.

The company confirmed the restart of the 1.25-million tpy Raahe BF earlier in January 2023 after 1.5 months of downtime.

SSAB stopped the BF in mid-November for maintenance,...