“We plan to restart production at our second heavy plate mill to increase efficiency and avoid production bottlenecks at plate mill no. 2,” said Bruno Ribo, general manager of ArcelorMittal Galati.
Heavy plate production is expected to reach 1 million tons a year once both mills are up and running, Ribo said.
The plate mill no. 1 was shut down in the fall of 2008.
Luxembourg-headquartered ArcelorMittal owns four steel plants in Romania, in Galati, Iasi, Hunedoara and Roman, as well as harbor operator Romportmet Galati and the local unit of construction company ArcelorMittal Construction.