ThyssenKrupp to modernize blast furnace in Germany  [ Germany ]

ThyssenKrupp AG announced that its blast furnace 2 in Duisburg-Schwelgern, Germany will be cooled down to allow modernization work to begin in the middle of June 2014. It will go back into operation at the end of September. Including dismantling and other maintenance and repair work ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe is spending more than EUR 200 million on the project. In preparation for the reline, bl...