Operations at Otelu Rosu’s smelting workshop were temporarily halted due a contingency situation following a malfunction in the technological process at the electric arc furnace, Mechel said.
“The workshop resumed operating as normal on March 26,” the group said in a news release.
All of the incident’s effects were eliminated as a result of measures implemented at the plant.
“The halt’s effect on the annual steel production plans can be considered as insignificant,” Mechel-Steel Management OOO’s Chief Executive Officer Andrey Deineko said.
Apart from Ductil Steel Otelu Rosu, Mechel’s businesses in Romania include steel makers Mechel Targoviste (COS.RO), Mechel Campia Turzii (INSI.RO), Laminorul Braila and Ductil Steel Buzau and Mechel Reparatii Targoviste.
The Russian steel maker employs around 7,000 staff in Romania.