According to Tenova, the plant, which will be China’s first gas-based reduction direct reduced iron (DRI) pant, will be capable of producing 600,000 metric tons annually. It will be designed to use gas with a 70% hydrogen concentration, Tenova said.  

“Due to the high amount of H₂, the HBIS plant will be the greenest DRI plant in the world by producing only 250 kg of CO₂ per ton of DRI. The carbon dioxide will be selectively recovered and part of it will be reutilized in downstream processes, with a final net emission of just about 125 kg of CO₂ per ton,” Tenova said. 

Start-up is scheduled for the end of 2021.