“Over the past few days, when transport in Romania was paralyzed due to severe snowstorms and abnormal freezing temperatures, the plants have been using their winter stores of scrap which by now are depleted,” said Andrey Deineko, Chief Executive Officer of Mechel-Steel Management.
“Judging by forecasts, the weather will allow us to resume supply shipments shortly,” he added.
On Wednesday, Mechel announced it has halted production at its Mechel Campia Turzii and Ductil Steel Buzau plants, also due to supply problems. The Russian company said the two units would resume production on February 22 and February 24, respectively.
Mechel operates five plants in Romania and employs around 7,000 staff.