The company has commissioned a pilot line
Chinese metallurgical company Anshan Iron & Steel Group (Ansteel, Angang) has completed the full cycle of commissioning a pilot line for the production of green iron based on renewable energy and green hydrogen at its plant in Bayuquan, Kallanish reports.
The pilot line has an annual capacity of 10,000 tons and successfully produced direct reduced iron (DRI) with a metallization rate of 95% at the end of August.
Ansteel said the process reconstructs the DRI production chain from green hydrogen production to its application, avoiding carbon-intensive coking and sintering stages, and represents a transition from carbon to hydrogen metallurgy.
The steelmaker said the project’s products have low impurity levels, suitable for applications such as electric vehicle steel. Ansteel also plans to…
