HBI and DRI
News items related to hot briquetted iron (HBI) and direct reduced iron (DRI) technologies.
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Tenova to Build Largest Hydrogen DRI Plant in China for Baowu Group
03 March 2022 - Sinosteel Engineering & Technology Co. Ltd. has partnered with Tenova to build a 1-million-metric-ton direct reduced iron (DRI) plant for China’s Baosteel Zhanjiang Iron & Steel Co. Ltd., Tenova reports.
Tosyali Algerie Reported Record DRI Production in 2021, Contracts for Second DRI Plant
28 February 2022 - The company set a new world record in 2021 for annual direct reduced iron (DRI) production by a single-module plant, producing more than 2.28 million tons.
H2 Green Steel and Iberdrola to Build €2.3 Billion Green Hydrogen Plant in Spain
02 December 2021 - Swedish steel startup H2 Green Steel has inked a deal with Spanish energy company Iberdrola to build a 1 GW green hydrogen plant in the Iberian Peninsula.
ArcelorMittal Announces CA$205 Million Decarbonization Investment
04 November 2021 - The Quebec government and ArcelorMittal announced the investment during an event held at COP26 yesterday.
Metalloinvest Partners With Primetals Technologies, Midrex on HBI Plant
21 October 2021 - According to Midrex Technologies Inc., the three companies have signed a contract for construction of what they are reporting will be the world’s largest hot briquetted iron (HBI) facility in Gubkin, Russia.
German Government to Provide Funding for ArcelorMittal’s Green Steel Plant
08 September 2021 - ArcelorMittal announced on Tuesday that the German government will be providing EUR55 million for Germany’s first industrial-scale hydrogen-based direct reduced iron plant.
Cleveland-Cliffs Completes Major Share Buyback; Announces Indiana Harbor BF Maintenance Outage
29 July 2021 - Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. has spent US$1.2 billion to buy back all of the shares in a special class of stock held by ArcelorMittal.
Report: DRI Has a Raw Materials Problem
14 July 2021 - Growth of direct reduced iron (DRI) likely will be hindered by inadequate supplies of high-quality iron ore, according to a new paper from management consultancy McKinsey & Co.
ArcelorMittal Announces Plans for Spanish Hydrogen DRI Plant
13 July 2021 - With support from the Spanish government, ArcelorMittal is investing EUR1 billion in a hydrogen-fueled direct reduction plant and will set up what it called the world’s first full-scale steel mill that emits no carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
SSAB Reaches New Milestone in Green Steel Evolution
22 June 2021 - SSAB’s pilot-scale direct reduction plant has successfully produced about 100 metric tons of hydrogen-reduced sponge iron, a new milestone in its effort to produce fossil-fuel-free steels.
Volvo, SSAB Partner on Green Steel Development
16 June 2021 - Swedish automaker Volvo will collaborate with SSAB on developing fossil-fuel-free steels for the auto industry, SSAB has said.
voestalpine Patents DR Process
15 June 2021 - voestalpine has received a European patent for sponge iron production process that uses green hydrogen and biogas, the company has announced.
Cliffs Cuts the Ribbon on HBI Plant
10 June 2021 - Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. on Wednesday celebrated the first six months of its new direct reduction plant in Ohio.
Construction Underway on Salzgitter DRI Plant
18 May 2021 - Salzgitter has broken ground on a demonstration-scale direct reduction plant that can operate with either natural gas or hydrogen, or both.
Kobe Steel Looks to Cut Carbon Emissions
13 May 2021 - Kobe Steel Ltd. has become the latest steelmaker to publicly announce an emissions reduction goal, saying it will look to reduce CO2 output by 30% to 40% by 2030 from 2013 levels, reports the Reuters news service.
Algerian Greenfield Mill Starts Up DRI Unit
15 April 2021 - Algerian Qatari Steel (AQS) has started up a new 2.5-million-metric-ton direct reduction (DR) plant at its greenfield mill in Algeria, capping a project that is more than seven years in the making.
SSAB Selects Site for Planned DRI Plant
25 March 2021 - SSAB and its partners in its HYBRIT initiative have chosen a site in northern Sweden to build a fossil-free, direct reduced iron plant, the company has announced.
Primetals, Midrex Ink Deal for 2M-Metric-Ton HBI Plant
01 March 2021 - Consortium partners Midrex Technologies and Primetals Technologies have won a contract to build what they say will be the world’s largest hot briquetted iron (HBI) plant in Russia’s Kursk region.
New Partnership to Explore Potential for Canadian HBI Plant
18 February 2021 - A new industry collaboration announced this week will explore the feasibility of building a hot-briquetted iron plant in Canada .
Using Existing Tech, Kobe Steel Makes Big Carbon Reductions in BF Trial
18 February 2021 - Kobe Steel Ltd. was able to significantly lower carbon dioxide emissions from a blast furnace by packing it with hot-briquetted iron and managing furnace operations with AI tools, the company has reported.
