Ironmaking Process an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
#0183;#32;Advantages of the HIsmelt process include direct injections of iron ore fines (hence no sinter, no pellets) and crushed coal (cokemaking is eliminated) into the smelt reduction vessel and the use of a wide variety of possible feed materials, including hematite ore fines (even those high in P), magnetite concentrate, titanomagnetite ores, noncoking coals, and steel mill wastes.