Arcelor wants coking coal in Brazil SEARCH FOR SUPPLIERS
ArcelorMittal recently started to look for new metallurgical coal suppliers in southern Brazil, the steelmaker's press office confirmed to BNamericas.
The company is searching for coking coal with appropriate properties to use in its coke ovens and blast furnaces.
"These studies are in an early stage and involve aspects of physical and chemical quality, in addition to supply logistics," the company's press office said in an e-mail.
VEGA DO SUL
In late 2010, ArcelorMittal finished a second galvanizing line at its Vega do Sul galvanized steel facility in Santa Catarina, increasing production capacity by 40% to 1.4Mt/y.
However, in November the company halted the US$300mn expansion project at Vega do Sul due to market conditions.
With the third line, the facility was expected to reach an annual production capacity of 550,000t of galvanized steel and 100,000t of cold rolled steel.
"The resumption of the project will be reassessed in due course," a spokesperson told BNamericas at the time.
In the Americas, ArcelorMittal - the world's largest steelmaker - has operations in Brazil, Argentina, Mexico and Trinidad & Tobago.
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