According to MIDREX’s newly published tally of plant production, its plants continued to account for approximately 80% of shaft-furnace-based production globally. Also during the year, a number of MIDREX plants achieved operational records and reached new operating benchmarks. 

For example, voestalpine’s Texas unit set a new monthly production record in December 2020, and the ArcelorMittal Lázaro Cárdenas plant produced 19% over its annual rated capacity of 1.2 million tons in its 23rd year of operation. 

Nucor Corp's module in Trinidad and Tobago set a new monthly production record in October 2020, reaching an average production rate of 225 tons/hour. It also achieved the highest average DRI metallization rate among all MIDREX plants in 2020, reaching 96.2%, with 2.75% carbon content.

You can find more operational highlights here.