ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) was forced to shut off a blast furnace for three weeks, while the steelmaker has also warned customers that the Russia-Ukraine conflict is pushing key input prices skyward. The shut-off was caused by poor performance by Transnet.

According to Fin24, in a letter sent to customers earlier this month AMSA said it had been experiencing a “progressive deterioration in the availability of trains.” This has affected the levels of raw materials stock, and has forced the steelmaker to halt production at one of its blast furnaces in Vanderbijlpark.

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