Fire hits ArcelorMittal pipe and tube plant

Feb 25, 2013 | 04:31 PM | Samuel Frizell

Tags  ArcelorMittal, fire, Kazakhstan, Vanderbijlpark, Deon Reyneke, Samuel Frizell

NEW YORK — A worker died from injuries sustained in a fire at an ArcelorMittal SA steel tube and pipe plant in Kazakhstan over the weekend. Two other workers hospitalized with burns were said to be in critical condition.

A company spokesman had no other details about the incident and could not comment on whether production at the plant in Aktau had been affected, but a local report said the fire occurred in an electrical transformer substation.....





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