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23)</div><div class="article__date"> 15.06.2023</div></div></div><div class="article__image article__image--340"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2023/06/15/improving-blast-furnace-efficiency-with-sip-at-thyssenkrupp-europe/"> <picture> <source media="(min-width: 1200px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2023/09/PK1176-0968-web-576x324.jpg"> <source media="(min-width: 992px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2023/09/PK1176-0968-web-576x324.jpg"> <source media="(min-width: 768px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2023/09/PK1176-0968-web-576x324.jpg"> <img src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%200%200'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="" data-lazy-src="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2023/09/PK1176-0968-web-576x324.jpg"><noscript><img src="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2023/09/PK1176-0968-web-576x324.jpg" alt=""></noscript> </picture> </a></div></div></article><article class="article article-vertical list__item" data-date="15.06.2023"><div class="list__item-inner"><div class="article__details"><div class="article__label"> Ironmaking</div><div class="article__title"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2023/06/15/bringing-direct-reduction-to-the-coasts-of-europe-and-beyond/"><h2 class="article__headline"> Bringing Direct Reduction to the Coasts of Europe and Beyond</h2> </a></div><div class="article__excerpt"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2023/06/15/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. </a></div><div class="article__meta"><div class="article__nr"> ISSUE METEC (JUN 23)</div><div class="article__date"> 15.06.2023</div></div></div><div class="article__image article__image--340"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2023/06/15/bringing-direct-reduction-to-the-coasts-of-europe-and-beyond/"> <picture> <source media="(min-width: 1200px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2023/09/PK1176-1007-web-576x324.jpg"> <source media="(min-width: 992px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2023/09/PK1176-1007-web-576x324.jpg"> <source media="(min-width: 768px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2023/09/PK1176-1007-web-576x324.jpg"> <img src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%200%200'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="" data-lazy-src="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2023/09/PK1176-1007-web-576x324.jpg"><noscript><img src="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2023/09/PK1176-1007-web-576x324.jpg" alt=""></noscript> </picture> </a></div></div></article><article class="article article-vertical list__item" data-date="14.06.2023"><div class="list__item-inner"><div class="article__details"><div class="article__label"> Ironmaking</div><div class="article__title"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2023/06/14/from-iron-ore-to-liquid-metal-finding-the-greenest-production-route-at-rio-tinto/"><h2 class="article__headline"> Finding the Greenest IronProduction Route at Rio Tinto</h2> </a></div><div class="article__excerpt"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2023/06/14/from-iron-ore-to-liquid-metal-finding-the-greenest-production-route-at-rio-tinto/"> David Leigh (Rio Tinto) discusses the research and insutry devleopments surrounding the environmental impact of ironmaking. </a></div><div class="article__meta"><div class="article__nr"> ISSUE METEC (JUN 23)</div><div class="article__date"> 14.06.2023</div></div></div><div class="article__image article__image--340"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2023/06/14/from-iron-ore-to-liquid-metal-finding-the-greenest-production-route-at-rio-tinto/"> <picture> <source 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href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2023/06/05/green-hot-metal-introducing-the-smelter/"><h2 class="article__headline"> Green Hot Metal: Introducing the Smelter</h2> </a></div><div class="article__excerpt"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2023/06/05/green-hot-metal-introducing-the-smelter/"> Introducing the Smelter, a new solution for the final reduction and melting of low-grade direct reduced iron. </a></div><div class="article__meta"><div class="article__nr"> ISSUE METEC (JUN 23)</div><div class="article__date"> 09.06.2023</div></div></div><div class="article__image article__image--340"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2023/06/05/green-hot-metal-introducing-the-smelter/"> <picture> <source media="(min-width: 1200px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2023/06/aufmacher_Smelter_16_9-1-576x324.jpg"> <source media="(min-width: 992px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2023/06/aufmacher_Smelter_16_9-1-576x324.jpg"> <source media="(min-width: 768px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2023/06/aufmacher_Smelter_16_9-1-576x324.jpg"> <img src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%200%200'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="" data-lazy-src="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2023/06/aufmacher_Smelter_16_9-1-576x324.jpg"><noscript><img src="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2023/06/aufmacher_Smelter_16_9-1-576x324.jpg" alt=""></noscript> </picture> </a></div></div></article><article class="article article-vertical list__item" data-date="20.04.2023"><div class="list__item-inner"><div class="article__details"><div class="article__label"> Ironmaking</div><div class="article__title"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2023/04/20/arcelormittal-orders-copper-staves-for-blast-furnaces-in-bremen-and-gent/"><h2 class="article__headline"> ArcelorMittal Orders Copper Staves for Blast Furnaces in Bremen and Gent</h2> </a></div><div class="article__excerpt"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2023/04/20/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. </a></div><div class="article__meta"><div class="article__nr"></div><div class="article__date"> 20.04.2023</div></div></div><div class="article__image article__image--340"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2023/04/20/arcelormittal-orders-copper-staves-for-blast-furnaces-in-bremen-and-gent/"> <picture> <source media="(min-width: 1200px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2023/06/Copper_staves_Hexagonal_full_row-576x324.png"> <source media="(min-width: 992px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2023/06/Copper_staves_Hexagonal_full_row-576x324.png"> <source media="(min-width: 768px)" 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eco-friendly production, the steel industry is ready to reduce carbon emissions and move away from fossil fuels. </a></div><div class="article__meta"><div class="article__nr"> ISSUE #12 (FEB 23)</div><div class="article__date"> 28.02.2023</div></div></div><div class="article__image article__image--340"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2023/02/28/the-new-age-of-hbi/"> <picture> <source media="(min-width: 1200px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2023/02/aufmacher_hbi_1-scaled-e1676977916569-576x324.jpg"> <source media="(min-width: 992px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2023/02/aufmacher_hbi_1-scaled-e1676977916569-576x324.jpg"> <source media="(min-width: 768px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2023/02/aufmacher_hbi_1-scaled-e1676977916569-576x324.jpg"> <img src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%200%200'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="" 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production. </a></div><div class="article__meta"><div class="article__nr"></div><div class="article__date"> 12.01.2023</div></div></div><div class="article__image article__image--340"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2023/01/10/pioneers-talk-13-leaping-toward-green-ironmaking/"> <picture> <source media="(min-width: 1200px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2023/01/Pioneers-Talk_Gerald-Wimmer-4K.00_01_01_01.Still001-576x324.jpg"> <source media="(min-width: 992px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2023/01/Pioneers-Talk_Gerald-Wimmer-4K.00_01_01_01.Still001-576x324.jpg"> <source media="(min-width: 768px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2023/01/Pioneers-Talk_Gerald-Wimmer-4K.00_01_01_01.Still001-576x324.jpg"> <img src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%200%200'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="" 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Technologies are pioneering a new solution called the Smelter, an electric furnace designed to melt and reduce direct reduced iron (DRI). </a></div><div class="article__meta"><div class="article__nr"></div><div class="article__date"> 02.11.2022</div></div></div><div class="article__image article__image--340"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2022/11/02/rhi-magnesita-and-primetals-technologies-to-develop-the-smelter-for-low-grade-dri/"> <picture> <source media="(min-width: 1200px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2022/11/Smelter-RHI-Magnesita-576x324.png"> <source media="(min-width: 992px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2022/11/Smelter-RHI-Magnesita-576x324.png"> <source media="(min-width: 768px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2022/11/Smelter-RHI-Magnesita-576x324.png"> <img src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%200%200'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="" data-lazy-src="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2022/11/Smelter-RHI-Magnesita-576x324.png"><noscript><img src="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2022/11/Smelter-RHI-Magnesita-576x324.png" alt=""></noscript> </picture> </a></div></div></article><article class="article article-vertical list__item" data-date="04.04.2022"><div class="list__item-inner"><div class="article__details"><div class="article__label"> Green Steel</div><div class="article__title"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2022/04/04/sequence-impulse-process-the-green-pulse-of-ironmaking/"><h2 class="article__headline"> Sequence Impulse Process: The Green Pulse of Ironmaking</h2> </a></div><div class="article__excerpt"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2022/04/04/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 ... </a></div><div class="article__meta"><div class="article__nr"> ISSUE #11 (MAY 22)</div><div class="article__date"> 04.04.2022</div></div></div><div class="article__image article__image--340"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2022/04/04/sequence-impulse-process-the-green-pulse-of-ironmaking/"> <picture> <source media="(min-width: 1200px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2022/03/MM01-21_UK-Thyssen01_list-scaled-e1646419988962-576x324.jpg"> <source media="(min-width: 992px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2022/03/MM01-21_UK-Thyssen01_list-scaled-e1646419988962-576x324.jpg"> <source media="(min-width: 768px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2022/03/MM01-21_UK-Thyssen01_list-scaled-e1646419988962-576x324.jpg"> <img src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%200%200'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="" data-lazy-src="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2022/03/MM01-21_UK-Thyssen01_list-scaled-e1646419988962-576x324.jpg"><noscript><img src="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2022/03/MM01-21_UK-Thyssen01_list-scaled-e1646419988962-576x324.jpg" alt=""></noscript> </picture> </a></div></div></article><article class="article article-vertical list__item" data-date="09.11.2021"><div class="list__item-inner"><div class="article__details"><div class="article__label"> Ironmaking</div><div class="article__title"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2021/11/09/arcelormittal-orders-gas-cleaning-plant-for-bf-at-dabrowa-gornicza-site/"><h2 class="article__headline"> ArcelorMittal Orders Gas-Cleaning Plant for BF at Dąbrowa Górnicza Site</h2> </a></div><div class="article__excerpt"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2021/11/09/arcelormittal-orders-gas-cleaning-plant-for-bf-at-dabrowa-gornicza-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 ... </a></div><div class="article__meta"><div class="article__nr"></div><div class="article__date"> 09.11.2021</div></div></div><div class="article__image article__image--340"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2021/11/09/arcelormittal-orders-gas-cleaning-plant-for-bf-at-dabrowa-gornicza-site/"> <picture> <source media="(min-width: 1200px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/11/PT_Gas-cleaning-plant_Arcelormittal_list-scaled-e1637579694695-576x324.jpg"> <source media="(min-width: 992px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/11/PT_Gas-cleaning-plant_Arcelormittal_list-scaled-e1637579694695-576x324.jpg"> <source media="(min-width: 768px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/11/PT_Gas-cleaning-plant_Arcelormittal_list-scaled-e1637579694695-576x324.jpg"> <img src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%200%200'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="" data-lazy-src="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/11/PT_Gas-cleaning-plant_Arcelormittal_list-scaled-e1637579694695-576x324.jpg"><noscript><img src="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/11/PT_Gas-cleaning-plant_Arcelormittal_list-scaled-e1637579694695-576x324.jpg" alt=""></noscript> </picture> </a></div></div></article><article class="article article-vertical list__item" data-date="30.09.2021"><div class="list__item-inner"><div class="article__details"><div class="article__label"> Ironmaking</div><div class="article__title"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2021/09/30/primetals-technologies-and-thyssenkrupp-join-forces-to-launch-an-innovative-blast-furnace-technology-enabling-a-key-step-towards-carbon-neutrality/"><h2 class="article__headline"> thyssenkrupp and Primetals Technologies Improve Blast Furnace Carbon Footprint</h2> </a></div><div class="article__excerpt"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2021/09/30/primetals-technologies-and-thyssenkrupp-join-forces-to-launch-an-innovative-blast-furnace-technology-enabling-a-key-step-towards-carbon-neutrality/"> 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 ... </a></div><div class="article__meta"><div class="article__nr"></div><div class="article__date"> 30.09.2021</div></div></div><div class="article__image article__image--340"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2021/09/30/primetals-technologies-and-thyssenkrupp-join-forces-to-launch-an-innovative-blast-furnace-technology-enabling-a-key-step-towards-carbon-neutrality/"> <picture> <source media="(min-width: 1200px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/10/thyssenkrupp_blastfurnace_list-scaled-e1633374504823-576x324.jpg"> <source media="(min-width: 992px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/10/thyssenkrupp_blastfurnace_list-scaled-e1633374504823-576x324.jpg"> <source media="(min-width: 768px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/10/thyssenkrupp_blastfurnace_list-scaled-e1633374504823-576x324.jpg"> <img src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%200%200'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="" data-lazy-src="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/10/thyssenkrupp_blastfurnace_list-scaled-e1633374504823-576x324.jpg"><noscript><img src="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/10/thyssenkrupp_blastfurnace_list-scaled-e1633374504823-576x324.jpg" alt=""></noscript> </picture> </a></div></div></article><article class="article article-vertical list__item" data-date="23.09.2021"><div class="list__item-inner"><div class="article__details"><div class="article__label"> Ironmaking</div><div class="article__title"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2021/09/23/primetals-technologies-to-supply-new-staves-for-blast-furnace-of-arcelormittal-south-africa-in-newcastle/"><h2 class="article__headline"> ArcelorMittal Orders New Blast-Furnace Staves for Newcastle Plant</h2> </a></div><div class="article__excerpt"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2021/09/23/primetals-technologies-to-supply-new-staves-for-blast-furnace-of-arcelormittal-south-africa-in-newcastle/"> 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 ... </a></div><div class="article__meta"><div class="article__nr"></div><div class="article__date"> 23.09.2021</div></div></div><div class="article__image article__image--340"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2021/09/23/primetals-technologies-to-supply-new-staves-for-blast-furnace-of-arcelormittal-south-africa-in-newcastle/"> <picture> <source media="(min-width: 1200px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/10/stave_ArcelorMittal_list-scaled-e1633374144631-576x324.jpg"> <source media="(min-width: 992px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/10/stave_ArcelorMittal_list-scaled-e1633374144631-576x324.jpg"> <source media="(min-width: 768px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/10/stave_ArcelorMittal_list-scaled-e1633374144631-576x324.jpg"> <img src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%200%200'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="" 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Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, have joined Australia’s Heavy Industry Low-Carbon Transition Cooperative Re </a></div><div class="article__meta"><div class="article__nr"></div><div class="article__date"> 25.08.2021</div></div></div><div class="article__image article__image--340"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2021/08/24/zero-carbon-iron-primetals-technologies-and-mhi-australia-join-hilt-crc/"> <picture> <source media="(min-width: 1200px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/06/HYFOR_02_list-e1624988511861-576x324.jpg"> <source media="(min-width: 992px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/06/HYFOR_02_list-e1624988511861-576x324.jpg"> <source media="(min-width: 768px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/06/HYFOR_02_list-e1624988511861-576x324.jpg"> <img src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%200%200'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="" 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A decisive shift away from carbon-based reductants to alternatives like hydrogen is all but ... </a></div><div class="article__meta"><div class="article__nr"> ISSUE #09 (JAN 20)</div><div class="article__date"> 01.01.2020</div></div></div><div class="article__image article__image--340"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2020/01/01/the-winding-road-toward-zero-carbon-iron/"> <picture> <source media="(min-width: 1200px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/03/MM01-2020-HYFOR_01_list-scaled-e1616522670904-576x324.jpg"> <source media="(min-width: 992px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/03/MM01-2020-HYFOR_01_list-scaled-e1616522670904-576x324.jpg"> <source media="(min-width: 768px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/03/MM01-2020-HYFOR_01_list-scaled-e1616522670904-576x324.jpg"> <img src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%200%200'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="" data-lazy-src="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/03/MM01-2020-HYFOR_01_list-scaled-e1616522670904-576x324.jpg"><noscript><img src="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/03/MM01-2020-HYFOR_01_list-scaled-e1616522670904-576x324.jpg" alt=""></noscript> </picture> </a></div></div></article><article class="article article-vertical list__item" data-date="01.01.2020"><div class="list__item-inner"><div class="article__details"><div class="article__label"> Green Steel</div><div class="article__title"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2020/01/01/blast-furnace-off-gas-turning-off-gas-streams-into-revenue-streams/"><h2 class="article__headline"> Blast Furnace Off-Gas: Turning Off-Gas Streams into Revenue Streams</h2> </a></div><div class="article__excerpt"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2020/01/01/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 </a></div><div class="article__meta"><div class="article__nr"> ISSUE #09 (JAN 20)</div><div class="article__date"> 01.01.2020</div></div></div><div class="article__image article__image--340"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2020/01/01/blast-furnace-off-gas-turning-off-gas-streams-into-revenue-streams/"> <picture> <source media="(min-width: 1200px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/03/MM01-2020-Off-Gas-Steams_01_list-scaled-e1615284505936-576x324.jpg"> <source media="(min-width: 992px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/03/MM01-2020-Off-Gas-Steams_01_list-scaled-e1615284505936-576x324.jpg"> <source media="(min-width: 768px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/03/MM01-2020-Off-Gas-Steams_01_list-scaled-e1615284505936-576x324.jpg"> <img src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%200%200'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="" data-lazy-src="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/03/MM01-2020-Off-Gas-Steams_01_list-scaled-e1615284505936-576x324.jpg"><noscript><img src="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/03/MM01-2020-Off-Gas-Steams_01_list-scaled-e1615284505936-576x324.jpg" alt=""></noscript> </picture> </a></div></div></article><article class="article article-vertical list__item" data-date="01.01.2020"><div class="list__item-inner"><div class="article__details"><div class="article__label"> Green Steel</div><div class="article__title"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2020/01/01/hyfor-hydrogen-based-fine-ore-reduction/"><h2 class="article__headline"> HYFOR: Hydrogen-Based Fine-Ore Reduction</h2> </a></div><div class="article__excerpt"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2020/01/01/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... </a></div><div class="article__meta"><div class="article__nr"> ISSUE #09 (JAN 20)</div><div class="article__date"> 01.01.2020</div></div></div><div class="article__image article__image--340"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2020/01/01/hyfor-hydrogen-based-fine-ore-reduction/"> <picture> <source media="(min-width: 1200px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/06/HYFOR_02_list-e1624988511861-576x324.jpg"> <source media="(min-width: 992px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/06/HYFOR_02_list-e1624988511861-576x324.jpg"> <source media="(min-width: 768px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/06/HYFOR_02_list-e1624988511861-576x324.jpg"> <img src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%200%200'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="" 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19)</div><div class="article__date"> 01.05.2019</div></div></div><div class="article__image article__image--340"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2019/05/01/the-next-generation-copper-staves/"> <picture> <source media="(min-width: 1200px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/06/MM01-2019-Next-Generation-Copper-Stave1_list-scaled-e1622541855323-576x324.jpg"> <source media="(min-width: 992px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/06/MM01-2019-Next-Generation-Copper-Stave1_list-scaled-e1622541855323-576x324.jpg"> <source media="(min-width: 768px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/06/MM01-2019-Next-Generation-Copper-Stave1_list-scaled-e1622541855323-576x324.jpg"> <img src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%200%200'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="" 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flexibility of the Midrex direct-reduction process. </a></div><div class="article__meta"><div class="article__nr"> ISSUE #08 (MAY 19)</div><div class="article__date"> 01.05.2019</div></div></div><div class="article__image article__image--340"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2019/05/01/dri-plants-tailored-to-your-needs/"> <picture> <source media="(min-width: 1200px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/06/MM01-2019-DRI-plants_1_list-scaled-e1623742758658-576x324.jpg"> <source media="(min-width: 992px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/06/MM01-2019-DRI-plants_1_list-scaled-e1623742758658-576x324.jpg"> <source media="(min-width: 768px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/06/MM01-2019-DRI-plants_1_list-scaled-e1623742758658-576x324.jpg"> <img src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%200%200'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="" 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Dry Slag Granulation is about to change this. </a></div><div class="article__meta"><div class="article__nr"> ISSUE #07 (OCT 18)</div><div class="article__date"> 01.10.2018</div></div></div><div class="article__image article__image--340"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2018/10/01/tapping-hot-slag-for-energy/"> <picture> <source media="(min-width: 1200px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/06/MM02-2018_Dry-Slag-Granulation_01_list-scaled-e1624634519403-576x324.jpg"> <source media="(min-width: 992px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/06/MM02-2018_Dry-Slag-Granulation_01_list-scaled-e1624634519403-576x324.jpg"> <source media="(min-width: 768px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/06/MM02-2018_Dry-Slag-Granulation_01_list-scaled-e1624634519403-576x324.jpg"> <img src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%200%200'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="" data-lazy-src="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/06/MM02-2018_Dry-Slag-Granulation_01_list-scaled-e1624634519403-576x324.jpg"><noscript><img src="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/06/MM02-2018_Dry-Slag-Granulation_01_list-scaled-e1624634519403-576x324.jpg" alt=""></noscript> </picture> </a></div></div></article><article class="article article-vertical list__item" data-date="01.10.2018"><div class="list__item-inner"><div class="article__details"><div class="article__label"> Digitalization</div><div class="article__title"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2018/10/01/acoustic-expert-detecting-malfunction-through-sound/"><h2 class="article__headline"> Acoustic Expert: Detecting Malfunction Through Sound</h2> </a></div><div class="article__excerpt"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2018/10/01/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. </a></div><div class="article__meta"><div class="article__nr"> ISSUE #07 (OCT 18)</div><div class="article__date"> 01.10.2018</div></div></div><div class="article__image article__image--340"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2018/10/01/acoustic-expert-detecting-malfunction-through-sound/"> <picture> <source media="(min-width: 1200px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/06/MM02-2018-Straight-from-the-labs_01_list-scaled-e1623914377189-576x324.jpg"> <source media="(min-width: 992px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/06/MM02-2018-Straight-from-the-labs_01_list-scaled-e1623914377189-576x324.jpg"> <source media="(min-width: 768px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/06/MM02-2018-Straight-from-the-labs_01_list-scaled-e1623914377189-576x324.jpg"> <img src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%200%200'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="" data-lazy-src="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/06/MM02-2018-Straight-from-the-labs_01_list-scaled-e1623914377189-576x324.jpg"><noscript><img src="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/06/MM02-2018-Straight-from-the-labs_01_list-scaled-e1623914377189-576x324.jpg" alt=""></noscript> </picture> </a></div></div></article><article class="article article-vertical list__item" data-date="01.03.2018"><div class="list__item-inner"><div class="article__details"><div class="article__label"> Digitalization</div><div class="article__title"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2018/03/01/bettinger-digitalization-and-process-optimization/"><h2 class="article__headline"> Digitalization and process optimization</h2> </a></div><div class="article__excerpt"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2018/03/01/bettinger-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 ... </a></div><div class="article__meta"><div class="article__nr"> ISSUE #06 (MAR 18)</div><div class="article__date"> 01.03.2018</div></div></div><div class="article__image article__image--340"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2018/03/01/bettinger-digitalization-and-process-optimization/"> <picture> <source media="(min-width: 1200px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/09/Bettinger-Dieter_PT_list-scaled-e1631817540904-576x324.jpg"> <source media="(min-width: 992px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/09/Bettinger-Dieter_PT_list-scaled-e1631817540904-576x324.jpg"> <source media="(min-width: 768px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/09/Bettinger-Dieter_PT_list-scaled-e1631817540904-576x324.jpg"> <img src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%200%200'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="" data-lazy-src="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/09/Bettinger-Dieter_PT_list-scaled-e1631817540904-576x324.jpg"><noscript><img src="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/09/Bettinger-Dieter_PT_list-scaled-e1631817540904-576x324.jpg" alt=""></noscript> </picture> </a></div></div></article><article class="article article-vertical list__item" data-date="01.03.2018"><div class="list__item-inner"><div class="article__details"><div class="article__label"> Digitalization</div><div class="article__title"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2018/03/01/holistic-ironmaking-optimization/"><h2 class="article__headline"> Holistic Ironmaking Optimization</h2> </a></div><div class="article__excerpt"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2018/03/01/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 ... </a></div><div class="article__meta"><div class="article__nr"> ISSUE #06 (MAR 18)</div><div class="article__date"> 01.03.2018</div></div></div><div class="article__image article__image--340"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2018/03/01/holistic-ironmaking-optimization/"> <picture> <source media="(min-width: 1200px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/09/MM01-2018-Ironmaking_04_list-scaled-e1631790847236-576x324.jpg"> <source media="(min-width: 992px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/09/MM01-2018-Ironmaking_04_list-scaled-e1631790847236-576x324.jpg"> <source media="(min-width: 768px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/09/MM01-2018-Ironmaking_04_list-scaled-e1631790847236-576x324.jpg"> <img src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%200%200'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="" data-lazy-src="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/09/MM01-2018-Ironmaking_04_list-scaled-e1631790847236-576x324.jpg"><noscript><img src="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/09/MM01-2018-Ironmaking_04_list-scaled-e1631790847236-576x324.jpg" alt=""></noscript> </picture> </a></div></div></article><article class="article article-vertical list__item" data-date="01.03.2018"><div class="list__item-inner"><div class="article__details"><div class="article__label"> Ironmaking</div><div class="article__title"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2018/03/01/expert-system-direct-reduction/"><h2 class="article__headline"> Expert System Direct Reduction</h2> </a></div><div class="article__excerpt"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2018/03/01/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 ... </a></div><div class="article__meta"><div class="article__nr"></div><div class="article__date"> 01.03.2018</div></div></div><div class="article__image article__image--340"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2018/03/01/expert-system-direct-reduction/"> <picture> <source media="(min-width: 1200px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/09/MM01-2018-Ironmaking_05_list-scaled-e1631790329802-576x324.jpg"> <source media="(min-width: 992px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/09/MM01-2018-Ironmaking_05_list-scaled-e1631790329802-576x324.jpg"> <source media="(min-width: 768px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/09/MM01-2018-Ironmaking_05_list-scaled-e1631790329802-576x324.jpg"> <img src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%200%200'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="" data-lazy-src="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/09/MM01-2018-Ironmaking_05_list-scaled-e1631790329802-576x324.jpg"><noscript><img src="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/09/MM01-2018-Ironmaking_05_list-scaled-e1631790329802-576x324.jpg" alt=""></noscript> </picture> </a></div></div></article><article class="article article-vertical list__item" data-date="01.03.2018"><div class="list__item-inner"><div class="article__details"><div class="article__label"> Digitalization</div><div class="article__title"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2018/03/01/expert-system-blast-furnace/"><h2 class="article__headline"> Expert System Blast Furnace</h2> </a></div><div class="article__excerpt"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2018/03/01/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 ... </a></div><div class="article__meta"><div class="article__nr"> ISSUE #06 (MAR 18)</div><div class="article__date"> 01.03.2018</div></div></div><div class="article__image article__image--340"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2018/03/01/expert-system-blast-furnace/"> <picture> <source media="(min-width: 1200px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/09/MM01-2018-Ironmaking_02_list-scaled-e1631787759435-576x324.jpg"> <source media="(min-width: 992px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/09/MM01-2018-Ironmaking_02_list-scaled-e1631787759435-576x324.jpg"> <source media="(min-width: 768px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/09/MM01-2018-Ironmaking_02_list-scaled-e1631787759435-576x324.jpg"> <img src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%200%200'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="" data-lazy-src="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/09/MM01-2018-Ironmaking_02_list-scaled-e1631787759435-576x324.jpg"><noscript><img src="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/09/MM01-2018-Ironmaking_02_list-scaled-e1631787759435-576x324.jpg" alt=""></noscript> </picture> </a></div></div></article><article class="article article-vertical list__item" data-date="01.02.2017"><div class="list__item-inner"><div class="article__details"><div class="article__label"> Ironmaking</div><div class="article__title"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2017/02/01/taking-a-large-step-into-the-u-s-a/"><h2 class="article__headline"> Taking a Large Step Into the U.S.A.</h2> </a></div><div class="article__excerpt"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2017/02/01/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 ... </a></div><div class="article__meta"><div class="article__nr"> ISSUE #04 (FEB 17)</div><div class="article__date"> 01.02.2017</div></div></div><div class="article__image article__image--340"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2017/02/01/taking-a-large-step-into-the-u-s-a/"> <picture> <source media="(min-width: 1200px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/08/MM04-Go-West_01_list-scaled-e1630339500366-576x324.jpg"> <source media="(min-width: 992px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/08/MM04-Go-West_01_list-scaled-e1630339500366-576x324.jpg"> <source media="(min-width: 768px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/08/MM04-Go-West_01_list-scaled-e1630339500366-576x324.jpg"> <img src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%200%200'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="" data-lazy-src="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/08/MM04-Go-West_01_list-scaled-e1630339500366-576x324.jpg"><noscript><img src="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/08/MM04-Go-West_01_list-scaled-e1630339500366-576x324.jpg" alt=""></noscript> </picture> </a></div></div></article><article class="article article-vertical list__item" data-date="01.09.2016"><div class="list__item-inner"><div class="article__details"><div class="article__label"> Ironmaking</div><div class="article__title"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2016/09/01/rebuilt-for-reliability/"><h2 class="article__headline"> Rebuilt for Reliability</h2> </a></div><div class="article__excerpt"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2016/09/01/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 ... </a></div><div class="article__meta"><div class="article__nr"> ISSUE #03 (SEP 16)</div><div class="article__date"> 01.09.2016</div></div></div><div class="article__image article__image--340"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2016/09/01/rebuilt-for-reliability/"> <picture> <source media="(min-width: 1200px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/09/MM02-2016_rebuilt-for-reliability01_list-scaled-e1632672876564-576x324.jpg"> <source media="(min-width: 992px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/09/MM02-2016_rebuilt-for-reliability01_list-scaled-e1632672876564-576x324.jpg"> <source media="(min-width: 768px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/09/MM02-2016_rebuilt-for-reliability01_list-scaled-e1632672876564-576x324.jpg"> <img src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%200%200'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="" data-lazy-src="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/09/MM02-2016_rebuilt-for-reliability01_list-scaled-e1632672876564-576x324.jpg"><noscript><img src="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/09/MM02-2016_rebuilt-for-reliability01_list-scaled-e1632672876564-576x324.jpg" alt=""></noscript> </picture> </a></div></div></article><article class="article article-vertical list__item" data-date="01.09.2016"><div class="list__item-inner"><div class="article__details"><div class="article__label"> Ironmaking</div><div class="article__title"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2016/09/01/better-control-better-cokemaking/"><h2 class="article__headline"> Better Control Better Cokemaking</h2> </a></div><div class="article__excerpt"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2016/09/01/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 ... </a></div><div class="article__meta"><div class="article__nr"> ISSUE #03 (SEP 16)</div><div class="article__date"> 01.09.2016</div></div></div><div class="article__image article__image--340"> <a href="https://magazine.primetals.com/2016/09/01/better-control-better-cokemaking/"> <picture> <source media="(min-width: 1200px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/09/MM02-2016_cokemaking01_list-scaled-e1632660383283-576x324.jpg"> <source media="(min-width: 992px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/09/MM02-2016_cokemaking01_list-scaled-e1632660383283-576x324.jpg"> <source media="(min-width: 768px)" data-lazy-srcset="https://magazine.primetals.com/app/uploads/2021/09/MM02-2016_cokemaking01_list-scaled-e1632660383283-576x324.jpg"> <img src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%200%200'%3E%3C/svg%3E" alt="" 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