A basic view of the metal plant Donawitz of Austrian steelmaker Voestalpine in Leoben, Austria August 9, 2019. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner
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ZURICH, July 23 (Reuters) – Voestalpine (VOES.VI) has constructed up ample gasoline reserves to safeguard three months of manufacturing ought to there be an emergency hit to provides, the Austrian steelmaker’s chief govt mentioned in an article printed on Saturday.
“We reached our objective this week and saved the complete quantity,” Herbert Eibensteiner instructed Der Normal in an interview. “That is 1.5 terawatt hours. Within the occasion of a disaster, that ought to be sufficient for 3 months of full operation.”
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“We purchase gasoline on an ongoing foundation and, for enterprise causes, have determined to obtain the requirement for 3 months,” Eibensteiner instructed the newspaper..
“In an emergency, this amount provides us the time we have to course of orders and shut down the instantly affected manufacturing areas in a managed method.”
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Reporting by John Revill; Enhancing by Angus MacSwan
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