Inner Mongolia-based Baotou Iron and Steel Co. (Baogang Group) is expected to conduct maintenance work on its blast furnace No. 2 (1,780 cubic meters) for 35 days from February 17 to March 24. This is projected to result in a loss of around 170,000 mt of hot metal output, an industry source said.
Source: www.steelhome.cn/en, China steel information centre and industry database