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Amreli Steels encounters an unexpected breakdown in its re-heating furnace

Amreli Steels Limited has encountered an unexpected breakdown in its re-heating furnace at the re-rolling plant situated in Dhabeji.

The management expects that the rolling mill will be non-operational for ten days which may result in decline of rebars production of up to 8,000 metric tons for the quarter ending March 31, 2020.

‘The teams are working to fix the fault and resume the production facility as early as possible. However. It may be clarified that our Steel Meltshop located at Dhabeji and Rolling Mill located in S.I.T.E area remains operational’ a notice issued by the company said on Wednesday.
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