Algoma resumes steel production following accident
by CM Staff
Algoma says they remain focused on completing necessary utilities corridor repairs safely and efficiently while increasing coke-making capacity and rebuilding inventory levels.
SAULT STE. MARIE — Algoma Steel Group Inc., a Canadian producer of hot and cold rolled steel sheet and plate products, advised the repair and restart of its blast furnace is complete and steel production resumed on Sunday, February 11, 2024.
Algoma says they have strengthened their operations while advancing essential repair work required after a structure supporting utilities piping at Algoma’s coke-making plant collapsed on January 20, 2024.
Algoma says they remain focused on completing necessary utilities corridor repairs safely and efficiently while increasing coke-making capacity and rebuilding inventory levels. The Company reports that they will continue to assess supplementing its coke supplies with market purchases to balance its requirement for iron production.
On Feb. 7, five workers were taken to hospital after an incident at the north casthouse of its blast furnace complex.
