World DRI production exceeds 43 million t

摘要

Worldwide production data of direct reduced iron (DRI), compiled annually by Midrex Technologies, Inc., shows the total 2000 production at 43.2 million t, an increase of 12 percent versus 1999. This represented the 18th straight year that world DRI output has increased. This increase occurred despite poor economic conditions in the iron and steel industry resulting from a variety of factors including high inventories and low demand in the second half of the year.Direct reduced iron is a high quality metallic product produced from iron ore that is used as a feedstock in electric arc furnaces, blast furnaces and other iron and steelmaking applications. Hot briquetted iron (HBI) is a compacted form of DRI designed for ease of shipping, handling, and storage.