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HBI and DRI
News items related to hot briquetted iron (HBI) and direct reduced iron (DRI) technologies.
Latest News
ABB to Provide Automation, Control Tech to Swedish Ironmaker
23 January 2025 - Swedish startup GreenIron has selected ABB to provide automation and control system solutions for its first commercial facility in Sandviken.
Rio Tinto Agrees to Supply DR-Grade Pellets to GravitHy
11 December 2024 - Iron ore miner Rio Tinto has struck an agreement to supply a French ironmaking startup with high-grade, direct reduction pellets and to manage sales and marketing of the hot-briquetted iron the startup will produce.
Mittal: Better Policy Needed to Preserve European Steelmaking
04 December 2024 - If Europe wants to continue to produce iron and steel, then it must immediately commit to building a better policy framework, ArcelorMittal founder and executive chairman Lakshmi Mittal writes in a (London) Financial Times op-ed.
Nucor Sets New World Record for Cold DRI Production
06 November 2024 - Nucor Corp.’s Louisiana direct reduction plant produced a record-shattering 330.3 tons per hour of cold direct reduced iron (CDRI) in August 2024, according to one of the mill’s equipment suppliers.
Iran, Qatar Could Grow Positions in DR-Grade Pellet Market
05 November 2024 - The demand for direct reduction (DR)-grade pellets is only set to grow and could potentially account for 40% to 50% of the seaborne market, said Tarraco Commodities Solutions chief executive officer Gilberto Cardoso.
DR Pellet Supply Could Decarbonization ‘Choke Point’
05 November 2024 - There are dozens of steel decarbonization technologies in various stages of development, but only one today is of sufficient technological maturity to significantly reduce CO2 reductions – the direct reduction electric arc furnace (DRI-EAF) route.
SHS Group Chooses Technology Suppliers for Process Conversion
16 October 2024 - Germany’s SHS Group has awarded contracts for a direct reduction plant and two electric arc furnaces, the central components of a decarbonization project at its Dillinger/Saar and Völklingen plants.
Report: thyssenkrupp Re-Examines Plans for Hydrogen DRI Furnace
07 October 2024 - thyssenkrupp AG is said to be reviewing plans for its billion-euro project to convert from traditional blast furnace ironmaking to hydrogen-fueled ironmaking.
Vale Selects Partner for Electrolyzer Feasibility Studies
03 October 2024 - Iron ore miner Vale has partnered with a German company to study the feasibility of a green hydrogen production facility in Brazil.
Cleveland-Cliffs, U.S. Energy Department Continue to Negotiate Funding Award
16 September 2024 - Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. remains committed to the installation of a direct reduction plant at its Middletown works and is continuing to negotiate terms of a US$500 million funding award from the U.S. Department of Energy, the company said Monday.
Midrex, Vale to Further Develop Use of Iron Ore Briquettes in DRI Furnaces
05 September 2024 - Midrex Technologies Inc. has signed a technical cooperation agreement with iron ore miner Vale, allowing the two companies to further collaborate on a technical solution for the use of iron ore briquettes in direct reduction plants.
thyssenkrupp Teams With Australian Producer to Study Smelting Technology
21 August 2024 - thyssenkrupp is partnering with Australia’s BlueScope Steel on research that will focus on direct reduction and electric smelting plants, the company has announced.
Australia's Iron Ore Miners Need a Plan
30 July 2024 - Iron ore is Australia’s most exported commodity. But with demand from China looking to be on the decline and with new iron ore capacity set to come on-line in other parts of the world, the Australian industry should take time to reevaluate its strategy, according to a report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis.
Midrex Names K.C. Woody as Chief Executive Officer
04 April 2024 - Midrex president K.C. Woody has been promoted to chief executive officer following the retirement of longtime Midrex executive Stephen Montague, the company has announced.
Steel Producer Issues Call for Green Hydrogen
27 March 2024 - Stahl-Holding-Saar (SHS), which owns steel producers Dillinger and Saarstahl, is seeking bids for renewable hydrogen to be used in a planned direct reduction plant at its Dillinger steel mill, according the online publication Hydrogen Insight.
U.S. DRI Projects Receive Federal Support
25 March 2024 - Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., SSAB and Vale will share up to US$1.4 billion in federal funding supporting several proposed decarbonization projects.
Japanese DRI Demonstration Project Selects ENERGIRON Technology
20 March 2024 - Tenova and Danieli will lend their ENERGIRON direct reduction technology to a demonstration project intended to test full hydrogen reduction with low-grade iron ore.
Baosteel Mill Starts Energiron DRI Facility
17 January 2024 - China’s Baosteel Zhanjiang Iron & Steel gas fired up a new Energiron direct reduction plant, said to be the world’s largest reactor currently using hydrogen.
ArcelorMittal Moves French Decarbonization Project Forward
15 January 2024 - ArcelorMittal is advancing early plans for a major decarbonization project at its Dunkirk steel works in France, moving it to the front-end engineering design stage, the company has said.
U. S. Steel Readies DR-Grade Pellet Plant for Production
15 December 2023 - United States Steel Corporation is expecting to produce the first batches of low-silica iron ore pellets at the first of the year, following a US$150 million upgrade at its Keetac facility in Minnesota.
