Algoma Steel Group Inc. announced the repair and restart of its blast furnace is complete and steel production resumed on February 11, 2024. The company has strengthened its operations while advancing essential repair work required after a structure supporting utilities piping at the company?s coke-making plant collapsed on January 20, 2024. The company remains focused on completing necessary utilities corridor repairs safely and efficiently while increasing coke-making capacity and rebuilding inventory levels.

The company will continue to assess supplementing its coke supplies with market purchases to balance its requirement for iron production.