Kobe Steel to close blast furnace in Kobe

Kobe Steel to close blast furnace in Kobe

TOKYO, Japan - Kobe Steel Ltd. President Hiroya Kawasaki holds a news conference in Tokyo on May 29, 2013. The company said the same day it will close a blast furnace at its iron mill in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, and increase utilization ratios at two other blast furnaces in the same prefecture.

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