Nickel production at Boliden’s Harjavalta smelter in Finland has resumed after being stopped in late December. The production stoppage occurred due to a slag explosion on December 24 that was a result of a process malfunction in the nickel electric furnace slag tapping system. No one was injured.
Production will now be ramped-up to the annual feed capacity of 370,000 metric tons.
The company estimated the impact on EBIT due to the lost production and repair costs, is 100 MSEK, of which half was in the fourth quarter of 2021.
