- Iron is a lustrous,
silvery soft metal. It is one of the few ferromagnetic
elements.
- Iron and iron alloys
are also the most common source of ferromagnetic materials in everyday
use.
- Iron is believed to
be the sixth most abundant element in the universe, formed as the final
act of nucleosynthesis by carbon burning in massive stars.
- Steel is an alloy
consisting mostly of iron, with a carbon content between 0.2 and 2.04%
by weight, depending on grade.
- The common ores of
iron are both iron oxides, and these can be reduced to iron by heating
them with carbon in the form of coke. Coke is produced by heating coal
in the absence of air.
- Steel is
manufactured by the chemical reduction of iron ore, using an integrated
steel manufacturing process or a direct reduction process.
- In the conventional
integrated steel manufacturing process, the iron from the blast furnace
is converted to steel in a basic oxygen furnace (BOF).
- Steel can also be
made in an electric arc furnace (EAF) from scrap steel and, in some
cases, from direct reduced iron.
- BOF is typically
used for high-tonnage production of carbon steels, while the EAF is used
to produce carbon steels and low tonnage specialty steels. An emerging
technology, direct steel manufacturing, produces steel directly from
iron ore.
- The smelting and
refining process for iron and steel in the BF-BOF process involves the
carbon reduction of iron ore (Fe2O3) in the BF to make molten iron, and
decarburization of molten iron in the BOF to make molten
steel.
- In addition to the
BF-BOF process, there is another process which utilizes mainly scrap as
an iron source, with some direct reduced iron whenever necessary. The
direct reduced iron is produced by reducing iron ore with reformed
natural gas, whose principal components are hydrogen, carbon monoxide,
and methane.
- Advanced iron and
steel technologies have seen substantial development over the past
decade and are regularly incorporated into new designs and redesigns by
all automakers.
- The steel industry
and component suppliers are investing heavily in innovation.
- Lightweight steel
techniques (among other technologies for lightweighting) have an ongoing
potential to achieve multiple design objectives,
including mass
reduction for fuel economy improvement, safety improvements for both
crashworthiness and compatibility, and other
enhancements in vehicle
performance and functionality.
- India's ministry of
mines has come out in support of iron ore producers who have criticised
the ministry of finance's recent move to increase export duty on iron
ore.
- Iron ore production
capacity and demand are expected to increase at high rates over the next
couple of years, with a variety of factors likely
to influence the
demand/ supply balance, UNCTAD said.
- Turkey is one of the
major players in the international steel market. It was Europe’s fifth
largest and the world’s 11th biggest steel producer
with an
estimated total production of 26 million tons, commanding 2 percent of
global output.
- HIsmelt is a direct
iron making technology developed with the support of the Australian
Government by a Rio Tinto led joint venture. HIsmelt steel is made by
injecting iron ore fines and noncoking coal directly into a molten metal
bath to create high quality pig iron.
- The technology is
potentially of great benefit to India as quality iron can be made using
low priced, low quality metallurgical coal. HIsmelt uses much of the
same equipment as a blast furnace so existing facilities can be easily
upgraded.
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General
- Iron
- Cast iron
- Iron: the
essentials
- Steel
Process
- Blast Furnace
Ironmaking Process Using Pre-reduced Iron Ore
- The Catalan process
for the direct production of malleable iron and its spread to Europe and
the Americas
- Converting Raw
Materials to Steel Product Forms
- Iron and Steel
Manufacturing
- Iron and Steel
Production
- Direct Iron Ore
Smelting Reduction Process
- Statistical Process
control in iron ponder production and new product development
- Extracting iron from iron ore using a Blast
Furnace
- Manufacturing
process of Iron and Steel
- Mining
Procedures
- Production
process
- Sponge Iron -
Manufacturing Process
- Bessemer
process
Properties
- Chemical
Properties
- The Influence of
Grain Size on the Mechanical Properties of Steel
- Mechanical
Properties of Gray Iron
- Mechanical
properties of steel
- Understanding
Mechanical Properties of Novel High Strength Steel Weld Metals Through
High-Resolution Microstructural Investigations
- Microstructures and
properties of low-alloy fire resistant steel
- The Optical
Properties of Nanophase Iron
- Physical and
mechanical
properties of iron-aluminium-
(Mn, Si) lightweight
steels
- Properties of
Galvanized and Galvannealed Advanced, High-Strength Hot Rolled
Steels
- Synthesis, spectral
characterization and redox properties of iron(II) complexes of
1-alkyl-2-(arylazo)imidazole
Company
Profiles
- Company in
Jharkhand, INDIA
- Company in
Hyderabad, India
- Company in
Karnataka
- Company in
Minnesota
- Company in
India
- Another Company in
India
- Company in
Mumbai
- Company in
Brazil
- Company in
Kenya
- Iron
& steel plants and related
companies
Patent
- Iron manufacturing
process
- Sponge iron
production process and plant
- Welding iron, steel,
and alloys of iron or steel
- Method for joining
ductile iron and steel
- Steel with a
composition of iron, carbon, silicon, phosphorus and molybdenum
Technology
- Steel and Iron
Technologies for Automotive Lightweighting
- Cathodic Protection
of Iron and Steel
- Technology change in
US iron and steel production
- Emerging Trends in
Iron- and Steel-making Technology and its Relevance to the Indian Steel
Industry
- Future Technologies
for Energy- Efficient Iron and Steel Making
- HIsmelt - The New
Technology for Iron Production
- Influence of
Production Technologies on Steel Cleanness
- ITmk3® Technology a
Step Closer to Commercialisation
- Production of Steel
Products in Space Using ISRU Iron Sources and Carbonyl
Metallurgy
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Consultants
- Consultant in
Austria
- Consultant in
India
- Consultant in
China
- Alloy Steel Experts
- Consultant in
North america
Project
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Novel
Direct Steel Making by Combining Microwave, Electric arc and Exothermal
heating technologies
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The
OPTIDUST project: Optimised recycling of steel plant dusts
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Magnetic
Elutration Technology for Clean and Efficient Processing of Iron
Ore
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Social
Cost Benefit Analysis of the POSCO Steel Project in Orissa
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Optical
Sensors and Controls for Improved basic oxygen furnace
Operations
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Recycling
and Reuse of basic oxygen furnace /Basic oxygen process steel making
Slags
Products
and Applications
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Iron and
Steel Products
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Fortress
Iron Railing products
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Iron
filled carbon nanotubes for bio-applications
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Iron
Powder Core Selection For RF Power Applications
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Ductile
Iron pipe for Wastewater Applications
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Iron
Applications
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Applications
- Sponge Iron -
Applications
- Iron
Applications for Turf
Material Safety Data Sheet
- Carbon and
Alloy Steels
- Cast
Iron
- Galvanized
Steel
- Steel Shot and
Steel Grit
- Safety data for iron
- Iron
Metal Technical Grade, Powder
- MP Iron
- Safety data for
stainless steel
Commodity
Reports
- 2001 Commodity
Report
- 2002 Commodity
Report
- 2003 Commodity
Report
- 2004 Commodity
Report
- 2005 Commodity
Report
- 2006 Commodity
Report
- 2007 Commodity
Report
- 2008 Commodity
Report
- 2009 Commodity
Report
- 2010 Commodity
Report
- 2011 Commodity
Report
- 2012 Commodity
Report
Production
Report
- 2001 Production
Report
- 2002 Production
Report
- 2003 Production
Report
- 2004 Production
Report
- 2005 Production
Report
- 2006 Production
Report
- 2007 Production
Report
- 2008 Production
Report
- 2009 Production
Report
- 2010 Production
Report
Market
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Steel Drum
Raw Material Cost Update
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Increase in iron ore price weakens steel, redefines
industry economics
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The Steel Industry Globalization
Trends
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Recent Trends and Price-Cost Margins in Japan’s Iron and
Steel Industry
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Iron ore
market likely to remain tight till 2011
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Iron and
Steel Market Trends
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Annual
Average Hot-Rolled Steel Bar Price
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Iron and
steel in India
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Recent
Steel Market Developments
Report
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Archaeometallurgy of Iron and Steel
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An Initial
view on Methodologies for Emission Baselines: Iron and Steel Case
study
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Prospects
of Iron and Steel Production and Progress of Blast Furnace Route in
China
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The Steel
World Meets in Linz
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Energy
Trends in Selected Manufacturing Sectors
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Emissions
Activity category form iron Production
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Environmental Impacts of Iron Ore Mining
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Impact of
iron ore mining on suspended sediment response in a tropical catchment
in Kudremukh
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Iron,
Steel and Aluminium in the UK
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Corrosion
Studies in Ultra-Steel Project at NIMS in Japan
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