China Baowu and Rio Tinto have completed industrial-scale pelletisation and shaft furnace trials in China using the latter’s Pilbara Blend iron ore, as part of a collaboration on reducing steelmaking emissions. During trials at Baowu’s Baoshan Iron & Steel Zhanjiang steel operations, a hydrogen-based shaft furnace was used to produce direct reduced iron (DRI) from pellets comprising one-third Pilbara Blend…
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