Severstal said Monday that it would restart production at a mill in northeastern Ohio by the end of the current quarter as demand recovers.
Talks are under way with the United Steel Workers union concerning the number of employees to be recalled to the Warren plant, Severstal said in a statement.
The company also said its Mountain State Carbon coke-making unit will return to full production by the end of this month.
“Severstal Warren, a fully integrated steel plant, is scheduled to return to service its blast furnace, steelmaking and hot strip mill facilities late in the first quarter of 2010,” the steelmaker said.
The company said Jan. 14 that its North American division raised prices for the United States by about 6 percent on stronger demand, the third increase since the beginning of December.
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