Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic, the shortage of steel in South Africa has worsened. ArcelorMittal South Africa, the largest steel manufacturer in Africa, stated that it was committed to promoting a timely supply of steel to solve the shortage of steel in South Africa.

It was understood that the blast furnace D and blast furnace C at the company's Vanderbijlpark works have resumed production of plates in June and December last year, respectively.

Regarding the serious delay in the start-up plan of the N5 blast furnace at the company's Newcastle plant, the company has also formulated a budget and planned to solve the problems caused by the abnormal start-up of the N5 blast furnace, and at the same time improve the reliability of the blast furnace.