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Changing Role of DRI in Steelmaking
How quality and environmental pressures are impacting the supply chain requirements of steelmaking?
Mark Boedecker
Director - Sales
June 17th 2019
© Midrex Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved.

Midrex at a glance
World leader for direct reduction ironmaking technology and aftermarket solutions for the steel industry.
At Midrex, our employees have decades worth of experience and are driven to create value every day. Our core
values are the foundation of our company and essential to our success. And our corporate activities are
conducted according to the highest ethical and professional standards.
Charlotte, NC 50 Years R&D 90+

Headquarters Commercial State-of-the-art Modules around
+ 4 offices operations R&D center the world
Midrex around the world
Since 1969, there have been MIDREX® shaft furnace direct
reduction modules built in 21 countries worldwide.
93 modules
DRI Production
• New plants and improved market conditions
boosted world DRI production by nearly 20% in
2017, exceeding 87 million tons
• DRI now represents about 16% of worldwide EAF
charge mix
• Top producing nations:
1. India
2. Iran
3. Russia
4. Mexico
5. Saudi Arabia
MIDREX® Technology produced

nearly 80% of shaft furnace DRI
EAF Steelmaking
Steelmaker’s Challenges
Meeting
customer and Quality Environmental
societal Needs Requirements Sustainability
Optimizing
Supply Chain Maximizing Efficiency
business needs
Disruptions/Changes and Productivity
Inputs needed to meet quality
requirements in EAF steelmaking
Pig Iron DRI
Pros Pros
• High purity, low gangue • Low Residuals
• Known and consistent chemistry • Known and consistent chemistry
• Chemical energy delivered efficiently • Chemical energy delivered efficiently
• High density • Consistent shape and form
• Consistent shape and form • Easy to store ship in the form of HBI
• Easy to store • Continuous charging of DRI to EAF
Cons Cons
• Political Risk of Supply • Residual gangue
• Environmental Sustainability
DRI: a look ahead
Steelmaker’s Challenges
Meeting
customer and Higher Quality Environmental Midrex is focused on helping
societal Needs Requirements Sustainability Steelmakers meet Quality,
Environmental, Supply Chain,
and Efficiency requirements
with the latest Direct Reduction
Optimizing technologies.
Supply Chain Maximizing Efficiency
business needs
Disruptions/Changes and Productivity
The new role of DRI in steelmaking

Steelmaking CO2 emissions How to reduce CO2
• DR + EAF heavily favored over BF + BOF emissions even more?
• Long term solution is MIDREX H2™ for

hydrogen based ironmaking
100% Scrap/EAF Pelletizing

Coking
Oxide Pellet/80% MIDREX® HDRI/EAF
Ironmaking
- 55%
Oxide Pellet/50% MIDREX® CDRI/EAF Steelmaking
Oxide Pellet/90% MIDREX® CDRI/EAF
Oxide Pellet/50% Rotary Kiln CDRI/EAF
Oxide Pellet/Blast Furnace/Efficient BOF
Oxide Pellet/Blast Furnace/Inefficient BOF
Source: “The Direct Reduction of Iron” in 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500
“Treatise on Process Metallurgy, Volume 3,”
2014, p 83
kg CO2/ton liquid steel
Changing supply chain
Ore and Iron production
Ore producer DRI Steelmaker
• Meeting growing demand for pig iron alternative

• Use economies of scale and low cost natural gas to produce environmentally sustainable iron input
• Increase yield throughout supply chain by conversion of pellets to HBI
Higher Quality Direct
Reduced Iron
• HBI - preferred merchant solution for
supplemental iron
• High metallization and adjustable carbon
• Higher yield - strong briquettes have

significantly less fines than cold DRI
• Regional HBI production provides

dependable, just in time delivery to
minimize inventory of steel maker
Cleveland-Cliffs Toledo HBI
1.6 Mt/y of high quality
• No specialized storage systems HBI for Great Lakes region
The needs of steelmakers
Pellet producer DRI Steelmaker
• Needed to meet quality requirements for high grade steels

• Increase productivity and efficiency in an integrated facility through use of HDRI
• Economies of scale and material flow integration for production facilities
• Pellet feed flexibility for supply chain management
Integrated Production (BF/BOF phase out)
Ore producer DRI Steelmaker
• Shifting supply chain and production to DR/EAF route in phased approach

• Producing HBI to augment current BF/BOF facilities
• Supporting initial EAF installation with captive DRI / HBI
• Economies of scale and integration for large production facilities
• Leveraging existing pellet production and access to low cost NG
Project Updates
Tosyali Algerie
Capacity: 2.5 million tpy HDRI/CDRI
Furnace Type: MIDREX MEGAMOD®

7.65 m Hot Discharge Furnace
Reformer: 18 Bays
Products: 100% CDRI or HDRI/CDRI
Location: Oran, Algeria
Scope: Proprietary Engineering, Key Process

Equipment Supply, Field Services, Training
Features: MA-1 tubes, 8-row reformer, natural gas pre-

treatment, Aumund hot transport conveyor, dual furnace
bustle inlet, dual hot fans.
Algerian Qatari Steel
Under Construction – Expected Startup: Q3 2019
Capacity: 2.5 million tpy HDRI/CDRI

Reformer: 18 Bays
Products: 100% CDRI or HDRI/CDRI
Location: Bellara, Algeria
Scope: Proprietary Engineering, Key Process Equipment

Supply, Field Services, Training
Features: MA-1 tubes, 8-row reformer, Lo-Nox burners,

Aumund hot transport conveyor, dual furnace bustle inlet,
dual hot fans.
Cleveland-Cliffs
Under Construction – Expected Startup: Q2 2020
Capacity: 1.6 million tpy HBI

Reformer: 18 Bays
Products: 100% HBI with flexible carbon
Location: Toledo, Ohio USA
Scope: Proprietary Engineering, Key Process Equipment

Supply, bulk material supply, Field Services, Training.
Features: 11” MA-1 Tubes, Lo-Nox Main Burners, 7

Briquette Machines Utilizing 2 Briquette Cooling Conveyors,
flue gas hot fan, ACTTM.
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Changing Role of DRI in Steelmaking

© Midrex Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved.

Charlotte, NC 50 Years R&D 90+

MIDREX® Technology produced

The new role of DRI in steelmaking

• Long term solution is MIDREX H2™ for

100% Scrap/EAF Pelletizing

Oxide Pellet/90% MIDREX® CDRI/EAF

Oxide Pellet/50% Rotary Kiln CDRI/EAF

Oxide Pellet/Blast Furnace/Efficient BOF

Oxide Pellet/Blast Furnace/Inefficient BOF

Ore producer DRI Steelmaker

• Meeting growing demand for pig iron alternative

• High metallization and adjustable carbon

• Higher yield - strong briquettes have

• Regional HBI production provides

• Needed to meet quality requirements for high grade steels

• Shifting supply chain and production to DR/EAF route in phased approach

Furnace Type: MIDREX MEGAMOD®

Products: 100% CDRI or HDRI/CDRI

Location: Oran, Algeria

Scope: Proprietary Engineering, Key Process

Features: MA-1 tubes, 8-row reformer, natural gas pre-

Capacity: 2.5 million tpy HDRI/CDRI

Furnace Type: MIDREX MEGAMOD®

Products: 100% CDRI or HDRI/CDRI

Location: Bellara, Algeria

Scope: Proprietary Engineering, Key Process Equipment

Features: MA-1 tubes, 8-row reformer, Lo-Nox burners,

Capacity: 1.6 million tpy HBI

Furnace Type: MIDREX MEGAMOD®

Products: 100% HBI with flexible carbon

Location: Toledo, Ohio USA

Scope: Proprietary Engineering, Key Process Equipment

Features: 11” MA-1 Tubes, Lo-Nox Main Burners, 7

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