Tata Steel Nederland orders advanced pellet pot testing facility
Tata Steel Nederland has chosen Primetals Technologies’ pellet pot testing facility solution for its pilot plant located in IJmuiden, the
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Ironmaking
AMSA: Blast furnaces C and D experienced chilled hearth conditions
Vanderbijlpark – The Longs steel product operations (“Longs Business”) have been operationally stable for H1 2024, which is particularly praise-worthy
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Global pig iron production in 2022 and 2023
million tonnes Production2022 Production2023 – Exports2023 + Imports2023 = Apparent Consumption2023 Austria 5.8 5.5 0.0 0.0
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Direct reduced iron production 2019 to 2023
million tonnes 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Germany 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.2 e Sweden
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New Energiron DRI plant starts production at Baowu
It is the largest reactor ever installed in China and hydrogen-ready. DRI production has started at China’s leading steel producer
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DRI Smelting Furnace for decarbonization of the ironmaking
Metso Outotec is launching the innovative DRI (direct reduced iron) Smelting Furnace to substitute blast furnaces used in iron and
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Predicting blast furnace reline timing
Blast furnaces are highly complex pieces of equipment that involve the transformation, interaction and flow of liquids, solids and gasses
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Decarbonization of ironmaking – roadmap to climate-friendly production
In order to accelerate the decarbonization of the steel industry, it is essential to focus on the primary stage of
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Fossil-free sponge iron plant to be built in Gällivare
SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall are now taking a new, decisive leap forward in their work to make fossil-free steel for
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Low carbon ironmaking for low carbon steel
QUEBEC, Canada – Stahl Holding Saar, Rio Tinto and Paul Wurth have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore the
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Retire blast furnaces or run them (low-)carbon efficient?
Through advancements in technology and process control, a modern blast furnace can operate continuously for at least half a century,
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AMSA’s Newcastle blast furnace breaks down
Reuters reported that ArcelorMittal South Africa has declared force majeure after a breakdown of a blast furnace at its Newcastle
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Lowering carbon footprint: coke oven gas injection at tuyeres
In November 2019, ROGESA, Dillingen, Germany, awarded Paul Wurth with an order to design and supply coke oven gas injection
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Kumba produced 20% less iron ore amid lockdown
Kumba produced 20% less iron ore amid lockdownReflecting lower workforce levels in response to the Covid-19 lockdown, total iron ore
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Explosion rocks ArcelorMittal’s blast furnace plant
An explosion rocked the integrated steelmaker ArcelorMittal steel plant in Burns Harbor, Indiana, on Thursday morning, igniting a fire and
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Vale joins Kobe and Mitsui to produce green metallics
Vale SA, the world’s largest iron ore producer, has announced that it reached a non-binding heads of agreement to establish
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Making steel in the 2020’s
As we enter not just a new year but a new decade, the steel industry continues to face its traditional
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Hydrogen and electricity to produce iron
Metals are the backbone of modern economies. But large quantities of CO2 are produced during their production and processing. The metal
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World first blast furnace use of hydrogen
The Duisburg-based steel producer thyssenkrupp Steel has launched a series of tests into the use of hydrogen in a working
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