NLMK utilizing blast furnace waste to cut pig iron costs

摘要

Russian miner and steelmaker NLMK has begun installing a briquetting plant at its flagship Novolipetsk Iron and Steel Works in west Russia, which will utilize blast furnace waste to reduce input costs. Once commissioned, by the end of 2018, the plant will produce up to 700,000 mt/year of briquettes made from iron ore concentrate mixed with blast furnace sludge and other BF waste, including dust.