Improvement in Blast-Furnace Performance by Using a New Form of Iron Ore

Resumo

The effective blast-furnace smelting of iron requires the use of uniform fluxed iron ore in sintered form—local cakes produced by the production of pellets with a high content of iron and residual carbon, minimal content of silica, high cold strength, and high strength in the blast furnace. The proposed new material combines the best metallurgical properties of sinter and pellets.