Blast furnaces are the heart of the steel industry, transforming raw materials into molten iron, which is then converted into steel. This process is a marvel of engineering and chemistry, rooted ...

This is because it takes immense amounts of heat and, by extension, energy to melt the metal in blast furnaces ... deposits cannot be conjured from thin air, renewable energy is seen by some ...

A new electrochemical process turns iron oxide into metal using electricity instead of heat, potentially making iron production cleaner and cheaper. Ironmaking could be ... could one day rival ...

Electrochemical ironmaking isolates the metal by passing electricity through a liquid that holds iron-containing feedstocks. Compared to high-temperature blast furnaces, the electrochemical process ...

The imposing limestone blast furnaces stand like ancient temples against the azure ... Photo credit: Chadrick J. Exhibits explain the iron-making process and illuminate the daily lives of the ...

Fayette Historic State Park in Garden, Michigan sits quietly on the Garden Peninsula, overlooking the stunning waters of Big ...

55,000 tonnes of blast furnace coke have arrived in the UK to fuel the furnaces, and shipments of iron ore are soon to arrive. A steel worker at one of the blast furnaces at the British Steel site ...

Steelworkers at Scunthorpe have been given a more certain future with the arrival of new raw materials to operate British Steel’s blast furnaces, ministers have announced. 55,000 tonnes of blast ...

British Steel is initiating consultations to close its blast furnaces in Scunthorpe after negotiations with the UK government regarding financial aid for a transition to electric arc furnaces fell ...

The last blast furnaces left operating in Britain could see their fate sealed within days, after their Chinese owners took the decision to cut off the crucial supply of ...