Brazilian integrated steelmaker Gerdau announced this week it reactivated a round bar rolling mill at its Pindamonhangaba facility, located in the city of same name in the state of Sao Paulo.
According to Gerdau, it decided to provisionally halt the operations of the rolling mill due to the sluggish demand of the country’s automotive industry, a major consumer of steel. The Pindamonhangaba round bar rolling mill has a capacity of 500,000 mt/year.