4/8/2023 0 Comments Midrex statbook![]() ![]() Modules 2, 3, 4, and 5 produced 2.48 million tons of HDRI (over 93% of their production, with the balance being HBI). Despite a marked reduction in production during the months of April and May due to COVID, the total production of the six modules was 4.54 million tons, which is within 7% of their DRI production record of 4.86 million tons set in 2018. ![]() With exception of Module 1 (recently converted to produce CDRI only in its 30th anniversary year, together with Module 2), AM/NS’s other five modules operated at less than maximum capacity. ARCELORMITTAL / NIPPON STEEL INDIAĮarly in its 10th anniversary year since its start-up, Module 6 exceeded the 10-million ton mark producing CDRI. ARCELORMITTAL POINT LISASįorty years after the start-up of Module 1, all three MIDREX Modules in Trinidad and Tobago remained shut down throughout the year.ĪRCELORMITTAL SOUTH AFRICA (SALDANHA WORKS)Īfter approximately 20.5 years of operation and 10 million tons of DRI production, the COREX® export gas-based MxCol® Plant was idled in January 2020 and remained shut down the rest of the year. Its 6.5-meter reduction furnace has produced a total of 34.6 million tons of DRI, the most by a single module to date. ARCELORMITTAL LÁZARO CARDENASĪMLC produced 19% over its annual rated capacity of 1.2 million tons in its 23rd year of operation. Even though the plant did not operate at full capacity, its average annual electric energy consumption was the lowest of all MIDREX Plants at 84 kWh per ton. In its 49th full year of operation, the oldest MIDREX Module in operation handily exceeded its annual rated capacity. Module 2 operated above rated annual capacity, despite being down the whole month of May and restarting operations in mid-June. ARCELORMITTAL CANADAĪfter a record production year in 2019, Module 1 operation was impacted by reduced market demand due to COVID, causing a 5-month shutdown of this production module. All production was shipped by water to third parties. Total iron of its HBI product was the highest of all MIDREX Plants, averaging 93.04% for the year. The first MIDREX HBI Module operated over its annual rated capacity and within 6% of its record annual production. With over 32 million tons produced, ACINDAR has achieved the most production from a 5.5-meter MIDREX Shaft Furnace to date. In its 42nd year of operation, ACINDAR’s module operated at reduced capacity due to challenging local market conditions and was shut down for almost four months at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Two new modules completed construction in 2020 and were ready to start operations: a 2.5 million t/y module designed to produce CDRI and HDRI, owned by Algerian Qatari Steel (AQS) in Bellara, Algeria, and a 1.6 million t/y HBI module belonging to Cleveland-Cliffs in Toledo, Ohio, USA that started operations at the end of the 4Q of 2020. Ten additional modules came within 10% of their record annual production and eight operated in excess of 8,000 hours. ![]() At least three MIDREX Modules* established new annual production records and at least nine established new monthly production records (no detailed production information has been received from Iran). MIDREX Technology continued to account for ~80% of worldwide production of DRI by shaft furnaces. MIDREX Plants have produced a cumulative total of more than 1,178 million tons of all forms of DRI (CDRI, HDRI, and HBI) through the end of 2020. Approximately 8.1 million tons of hot DRI (HDRI) were produced by MIDREX Plants, which were consumed in nearby steel shops and assisted them in reducing their energy consumption per ton of steel produced and increasing their productivity. The production for 2020 was calculated from the 35.5 million tons confirmed by MIDREX Plants located outside of Iran and the 30.2 million tons for Iran reported by the World Steel Association (WSA). Despite the COVID-19 pandemic that was declared towards the beginning of 2020, MIDREX® Plants produced 65.7 million tons in 2020, 3.0% less than the 67.7 million tons produced in 2019. ![]()
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