RG moves Md. outage forward in weak market

May 11, 2012 | 02:40 PM | Chris Prentice

Tags  RG Steel, Sparrows Point, blast furnace, outage, Chris Prentice

NEW YORK — RG Steel LLC moved forward a planned maintenance outage at its Sparrows Point, Md., blast furnace this past week in an effort to take advantage of a period of weaker demand, a company executive told AMM.

The outage had been slated for the coming week, but the company chose to complete it early to coincide with a slowdown in order entry, he said.....





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