The blast furnace remains the cornerstone of high‐volume ironmaking, utilising complex thermal and chemical reactions to reduce iron oxides into molten iron. Contemporary operations place increasing ...

With a staff of over 80,000, Ukraine-headquartered Metinvest is a major name in end-to-end steel production. Looking to improve the efficiency of its blast furnaces — reducing fuel consumption by ...

Blast furnaces are the heart of the steel industry, transforming raw materials into molten iron, which is then converted into steel. This process is a marvel of engineering and chemistry, rooted in ...

Blast furnaces are an indispensable part of the iron industry. After iron ore is mined, it goes directly to the furnace to be smelted, or refined. But blast furnaces produce an incredible amount of ...

When the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced funding for seven hydrogen hubs throughout the U.S. this past October, Cleveland-Cliffs Chairman, President and CEO Lourenco Goncalves was among ...

Researchers from the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom say they have designed an adaptation for existing iron and steel blast furnaces that could reduce carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions by ...

A rare decarbonization idea that looks as good for business as it does for the planet. This system promises to radically reduce carbon dioxide emissions for 70% of steelmakers, while generating ...

Salzgitter’s relined Blast Furnace A at Flachstahl works, with an investment of €100 million, is now capable of producing up to 2 million metric tons of pig iron annually. The relining process ...

If the weather had been a little better or a little worse off the southern coast of France one day during the early 1800s, the industrialization of early Vermont might have gone differently. As it was ...