Kobe Steel / Steelmaking Technology That Reduces CO2 Emissions by 20% / Nearing Realization / Uses Large Amount of Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) in Blast Furnace / Verified at Kakogawa Works

Kobe Steel announced that it is nearing realization of a technology that reduces CO2 emissions in the blast furnace process by 20%. It uses DRI as raw material for the blast furnace and greatly reduces the usage of metallurgical coal based coke. This was made possible by incorporating the DRI producing technology developed by the US company...