Green Steel Pathfinder for Hot Metal New, more environmentally friendly solutions for the ironmaking stage and for converter steelmaking are key to the green transformation, says Dr. Gerald Wimmer. ISSUE #14 (JUN 24) 08.03.2024
Green Steel Trailblazer in Ironmaking Hydrogen-based Fine-Ore Reduction, or HYFOR, is a revolutionary new approach toward ironmaking. Bernhard Hiebl was instrumental in crafting the solution. ISSUE #14 (JUN 24) 08.03.2024
Ironmaking Fully Tested, Fully Optimized: Iron Ore and Pellet Testing Primetals Technologies partners with institutions and labs worldwide to test iron ore and provides testing facilities for pellets in Leoben, Austria. ISSUE #14 (JUN 24) 02.02.2024
Ironmaking Austrian Government Awards Primetals Technologies for HYFOR The Austrian government has awarded the “National Prize for Innovation” to Primetals Technologies for Hydrogen-based Fine-Ore Reduction (HYFOR). The prestigious award was presented in Vienna, Austria. 06.12.2023
Green Steel Pioneers Talk #19: Developing the Smelter In this session of Pioneers Talk, Andreas Pfeiffer shares some of his insights into the Smelter, many of which originate from cutting-edge university research. 04.12.2023
Green Steel Renewed 10-year Cooperation between LanzaTech and Primetals Technologies LanzaTech, a leading carbon capture and utilization company, and Primetals Technologies have renewed a 10-year cooperation agreement to accelerate the deployment of integrated environmental solutions. 27.06.2023
Ironmaking Improving Blast Furnace Efficiency with SIP at thyssenkrupp Europe Representatives from thyssenkrupp Steel Europe and thyssenkrupp AT.PRO tec discussed the improvements that the Sequence Impulse Process has brought to blast furnace operations. ISSUE METEC (JUN 23) 15.06.2023
Ironmaking Bringing Direct Reduction to the Coasts of Europe and Beyond Hear from Dr. Alexander Fleischanderl and Dr. Torsten Buddenberg as they discuss the future of heavy industry in Europe and the changing landscape of iron ore reduction. ISSUE METEC (JUN 23) 15.06.2023
Ironmaking Finding the Greenest IronProduction Route at Rio Tinto David Leigh (Rio Tinto) discusses the research and insutry devleopments surrounding the environmental impact of ironmaking. ISSUE METEC (JUN 23) 14.06.2023
Green Steel Green Hot Metal: Introducing the Smelter Introducing the Smelter, a new solution for the final reduction and melting of low-grade direct reduced iron. ISSUE METEC (JUN 23) 09.06.2023
Ironmaking ArcelorMittal Orders Copper Staves for Blast Furnaces in Bremen and Gent Recently, ArcelorMittal ordered new copper staves for steelworks in Gent and Bremen from Primetals Technologies. 20.04.2023
Green Steel The New Age of HBI With innovations to achieve eco-friendly production, the steel industry is ready to reduce carbon emissions and move away from fossil fuels. ISSUE #12 (FEB 23) 28.02.2023
Green Steel Pioneers Talk #13: Leaping Toward Green Ironmaking In this session of Pioneers Talk, Gerald Wimmer and Tom Widter discuss a new and groundbreaking project that points to the future of sustainable steel production. 12.01.2023
Ironmaking RHI Magnesita and Primetals Technologies to develop the Smelter for low-grade... RHI Magnesita and Primetals Technologies are pioneering a new solution called the Smelter, an electric furnace designed to melt and reduce direct reduced iron (DRI). 02.11.2022
Green Steel Sequence Impulse Process: The Green Pulse of Ironmaking The Sequence Impulse Process enhances blast-furnace-based ironmaking and lowers the associated carbon footprint. The technology superimposes periodic bursts of oxygen on the steady flow of oxygen ... ISSUE #11 (MAY 22) 04.04.2022
Ironmaking ArcelorMittal Orders Gas-Cleaning Plant for BF at Dąbrowa Górnicza Site Recently, ArcelorMittal Poland S.A. placed an order with Primetals Technologies and Mostostal Zabrze Realizacje Przemyslowe S.A. (MZRP) to supply a gas cleaning plant for its blast furnace #2 in ... 09.11.2021
Ironmaking thyssenkrupp and Primetals Technologies Improve Blast Furnace Carbon Footprint Primetals Technologies and thyssenkrupp have signed an exclusive, worldwide cooperation agreement which sees both parties commit to bringing the innovative Sequence Impulse Process (known as SIP ... 30.09.2021
Ironmaking ArcelorMittal Orders New Blast-Furnace Staves for Newcastle Plant ArcelorMittal South Africa has placed an order with Primetals Technologies to supply cast-iron staves for the blast furnace at the company´s Newcastle, KwaZulu Natal works. The new staves ... 23.09.2021
Green Steel Primetals Technologies, MHI Australia Join HILT-CRC Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Australia and Primetals Technologies, a member of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, have joined Australia’s Heavy Industry Low-Carbon Transition Cooperative Re 25.08.2021
Green Steel Applying hydrogen in commercially proven direct-reduction solutions Hydrogen is already part of the reduction-gas mix in mainstream direct-reduction processes—alongside carbon monoxide, of course. ISSUE #09 (JAN 20) 01.01.2020
Green Steel The winding road toward zero-carbon iron Iron and steel production is responsible for 7 to 10 percent of global CO2 emissions. A decisive shift away from carbon-based reductants to alternatives like hydrogen is all but ... ISSUE #09 (JAN 20) 01.01.2020
Green Steel Blast Furnace Off-Gas: Turning Off-Gas Streams into Revenue Streams An Arcelormittal plant in Poland harnesses heat and pressure from blast-furnace off-gas to generate electricity. This helps to save 115,000 tons of carbon emissions p. year—and turns a handsome profit ISSUE #09 (JAN 20) 01.01.2020
Green Steel HYFOR: Hydrogen-Based Fine-Ore Reduction Hydrogen-based Fine-Ore Reduction (or HYFOR for short) is the world's first direct-reduction process for iron-ore concentrates from ore beneficiation... ISSUE #09 (JAN 20) 01.01.2020
Ironmaking The next-generation copper staves Primetals Technologies has developed a new copper-stave design that ensures more effective and reliable cooling of today’s blast furnaces. ISSUE #08 (MAY 19) 01.05.2019
Ironmaking DRI plants, tailored to your needs Two Midrex direct-reduction (DRI) hot-briquetted iron (HBI) plants, recently commissioned in the U.S.A. and Russia, demonstrate the operational flexibility of the Midrex direct-reduction process. ISSUE #08 (MAY 19) 01.05.2019
Ironmaking Tapping hot slag for energy Hot slag in blast furnaces is a source of energy that has gone largely untapped. Dry Slag Granulation is about to change this. ISSUE #07 (OCT 18) 01.10.2018
Digitalization Acoustic Expert: Detecting Malfunction Through Sound Introducing the Acoustic Expert, a technology that uses an acoustic fingerprinting method to detect common errors in a variety of steel-plant equipment. ISSUE #07 (OCT 18) 01.10.2018
Digitalization Digitalization and process optimization Piotr Czupryna is CEO of Primetals Technologies Poland, which comprises the company locations in Cracow and Rzeszów, both in southern Poland. Czupryna has been with Primetals Technologies ... ISSUE #06 (MAR 18) 01.03.2018
Digitalization Holistic Ironmaking Optimization While process optimization systems have been widely introduced in many facilities of ironmaking plants, in a lot of cases there is no overall automation system, supporting coordination and ... ISSUE #06 (MAR 18) 01.03.2018
Ironmaking Expert System Direct Reduction Keeping the operation of Midrex direct-reduction (DR) plants smooth and stable in order to produce consistent-quality direct-reduced iron can be a demanding task. But thorough process ... 01.03.2018
Digitalization Expert System Blast Furnace Primetals Technologies is the leading supplier of blast furnace automation systems for the iron and steel industries. This is especially true for blast furnace process optimization systems, which ... ISSUE #06 (MAR 18) 01.03.2018
Ironmaking Taking a Large Step Into the U.S.A. It is the largest investment that an Austrian company has ever made in the United States: voestalpine's new hot-briquetted iron direct-reduction plant in Corpus Christi, Texas, is a masterpiece of ... ISSUE #04 (FEB 17) 01.02.2017
Ironmaking Rebuilt for Reliability During the summer of 2015, a major plant site rebuild was carried out at the SSAB steelworks in Luleå, Sweden. The project included improvements to Blast Furnace ... ISSUE #03 (SEP 16) 01.09.2016
Ironmaking Better Control Better Cokemaking Primetals Technologies implemented an order at SSAB's Raahe Steel Works in Finland to modernize the PLC (programmable logic controller) systems of the coke oven plant. Almost all project ... ISSUE #03 (SEP 16) 01.09.2016
Ironmaking Next-Generation Ironmaking The need to reduce ironmaking costs, increase raw material and operational flexibility, and fulfill ever-stricter environmental regulations count among the decisive reasons behind the ... ISSUE #03 (SEP 16) 01.09.2016
Ironmaking ESTAD: End-to-End Excellence Across the Metals Value Chain of Ironmaking Ironmaking papers will be presented by Primetals Technologies specialists at the ESTAD Congress covering the topics of blast furnace ironmaking, Corex and Finex smelting-reduction technology, and ... ISSUE #01 (MAY 15) 01.05.2015
