HBI and DRI
News items related to hot briquetted iron (HBI) and direct reduced iron (DRI) technologies.
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Essar Minnesota Names New Chief Executive
15 July 2016 - Essar Steel Minnesota has named a new chief executive to help guide the company through Chapter 11 bankruptcy and to help it complete its US$1.9 billion taconite mine and pellet plant, reports the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
Essar Steel Minnesota Loses Mineral Leases, Files for Bankruptcy
08 July 2016 - Essar Steel Minnesota, which had been building Minnesota’s first new taconite facility in years, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Friday, according to reports.
Algerian Joint Venture Orders Midrex DRI Plant for New Long Products Mill
14 June 2016 - Midrex Technologies Inc. and partner firm Paul Wurth have been awarded a contract to design and equip a direct reduction iron plant in Algeria, the companies have announced.
Contract Award Probably Spells the End for Essar Steel Minnesota Project
13 June 2016 - ArcelorMittal’s new long-term pellet supply agreement with iron ore miner Cliffs Natural Resources is likely the "final nail in the coffin" for the Essar Steel Minnesota taconite project, says a columnist for the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
Midrex Names New President, COO
08 April 2016 - Midrex Technologies Inc. veteran Stephen Montague has been named president and chief operating officer, the company has announced.
Midrex, Primetals Win Contract for Proposed Merchant HBI Plant
28 January 2016 - International Metallics Corp. (Canada) Ltd. has selected Midrex Technologies Inc. and partner Primetals Technologies to outfit a proposed hot briquetted iron plant in the Canadian province of Quebec.
Nucor to Restart DRI Plant
06 January 2016 - U.S.-based Nucor Corp. intends to resume production at its Louisiana direct reduced iron (DRI) plant by the end of January, the company has announced.
Danieli, Tenova Bring New DRI Plant into Production
30 December 2015 - Ezz Steel’s new cold discharge DRI plant has been put into service and is exceeding production expectations by more than 10 percent, one of the plant's developers has announced.
Weak Demand Forces Nucor To Halt Production at DRI Plant
17 December 2015 - Nucor Corp. is temporarily halting production at its direct reduced iron (DRI) plant in Louisiana due to market conditions, the U.S.-based steelmaker has announced.
AIST Adds to Technology Committee Lineup
04 December 2015 - The Association for Iron & Steel Technology has established a new technology committee intended to share know-how related to direct reduced iron (DRI) and hot briquetted iron (HBI).
Primetals Setting Up Briquetting Plant at New HBI Facility
30 November 2015 - Primetals Technologies has won an order for a residuals briquetting plant to be installed at voestalpine’s new hot briquetted iron (HBI) facility in the United States.
Midrex and Synthesis Energy Systems Expand Global Strategic Alliance for Optimizing MXCOL® DRI Facilities
23 July 2015 - Midrex Technologies, Inc. (Midrex), a subsidiary of Kobe Steel, Ltd., and Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc. (SES) announced the signing of a Project Alliance Agreement that expands their exclusive relationship for integration and optimization of direct reduction ironmaking (DRI) technology using coal gasification.
Tenova HYL Announces the Final Acceptance of the Nucor Steel Louisiana 2.5 mtpy DRI Plant in Convent, LA.
08 June 2015 - After the combined team effort that has led to the restart of the 2.5 mtpy ENERGIRON DRI plant in Convent, LA, Tenova HYL announces the successful repair of the process gas heater with the recommencement of production at Nucor Steel Louisiana and final acceptance of the plant.
Metalloinvest Begins Construction of World’s Largest HBI Plant
20 October 2014 - Metalloinvest has entered the active phase of construction and installation for the third hot briquetted iron plant (HBI-3 Plant) at Lebedinsky GOK in Gubkin, Belgorod region of Russia.
voestalpine Comments on HBI Contract with AHMSA, Says Other Negotiations Underway
21 August 2014 - voestalpine has revealed further details about its HBI supply agreement with AHMSA, and said negotiations with other North Ameican and European companies are currently underway.
North Star BlueScope Decides Not to Build DRI Facility in Ohio
18 July 2014 - North Star BlueScope Steel (NSBSS), jointly owned by BlueScope (50%) and Cargill Inc. (50%), has concluded a detailed scoping and development study for a potential direct reduction iron (DRI) plant at its Delta, Ohio, steelworks.
Ferriola Hints at Second DRI Plant for Louisiana
23 June 2014 - A report by American Metal Market, sponsor of the New York Steel Success Strategies XXIX, organized by World Steel Dynamics, claims that American steelmaker Nucor Corporation is seriously considering a new Direct-Reduced Iron (DRI) plant in Louisiana, USA, as well as a new heat-treat line at its Tuscaloosa, Alabama, plate mill.
AMM Article: DRI Output to Soar by 2020: Midrex
20 June 2014 - Midrex Technologies Inc. expects direct-reduced iron (DRI) output in the United States to surpass 10 million tons annually "sometime near the end of the decade," director of marketing Henry P. Gaines said.
Synthesis Energy, ZCM-SES, and Midrex Sign Marketing Agreement for Clean Coal-based DRI Facilities
03 June 2014 - Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc. (SES) (NASDAQ: SYMX) today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, SES Technologies, LLC, Shanghai-based ZCM-SES Sino-U.S. Clean Energy Technologies Limited (ZCM-SES), and Midrex Technologies, Inc. (Midrex), a subsidiary of Kobe Steel Limited (ADR-OTC:KBSTY), have entered into an exclusive agreement for the joint marketing of coal gasification-based direct reduced iron (DRI) facilities in China.
Tenova, Danieli, and Nippon Steel & Sumikin Engineering Form Alliance for New Ironmaking Technologies
20 May 2014 - Tenova HYL and Danieli & C, have entered into an agreement with Nippon Steel & Sumikin Engineering Co., Ltd. (NSENGI) to combine and commercialize their Energiron DR technology with an optimized blast furnace technology, as well as syngas technology (high efficiency coal gasification and steelworks by-product gas utilization technology) developed and owned by NSENGI.
