Incident impacts Eramet schedule
MARIETTA — The shutdown of Eramet Marietta’s No. 18 ferromanganese furnace due to an operational incident Sunday evening will apparently impact the company’s production schedule for an as-yet undetermined period of time. On Monday Eramet officials declared a “force majeure event” — an unanticipated and uncontrollable incident that may affect the company’s ability to fulfill its contracts. “When there’s an inability to deliver a product, a force majeure declaration provides some protection for the company and allows us to set the wheels in motion to allocate some portions of the product to our customers,” said Joy Frank-Collins, spokeswoman for Eramet Marietta. She said no timeframe has been established for how long the force majeure declaration will remain in effect. “But this was also a large enough event that it could possibly interrupt production for our customers,” Frank-Collins said.
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