DRI & Sponge Iron Platform

A 3.0 Mtpa direct-reduction concept connecting pellet feed, process energy, shaft-furnace production, product handling and steelmaking customers.

• Pellet specification, supply route and storage designed around reducibility, strength, impurities and stable furnace operation.
• Natural-gas-based direct reduction evaluated with hydrogen-ready provisions and product carbon-intensity objectives.
• Hot DRI, cold DRI or briquetted-product routes assessed against adjacent steelmaking, transport distance and market needs.
• Bulk receipt, process utilities, passivation, storage and marine or regional dispatch integrated into the site configuration.

Location selection is driven by reliable pellets, competitive process energy, power, water, logistics and downstream demand.

• Mass and energy balances linked to selected technology, metallisation, carbon content and product form.
• Gas supply and treatment, hydrogen integration pathway, oxygen or nitrogen, power and water systems.
• Material handling and fire or re-oxidation controls for oxide feed, DRI and hot-briquetted iron.
• Plant availability, refractory and catalyst management, automation, laboratory, maintenance and emissions-control philosophy.

The platform targets growing demand for metallic feed with a competitive and progressively lower-carbon production route.

• Revenue and market positioning assessed by product form, metallisation, carbon, gangue, customer furnace route and delivery basis.
• Location cases compare pellet and gas cost, power, port infrastructure, carbon exposure and proximity to steelmakers.
• Phased development and hydrogen-ready investment balanced against proven supply, infrastructure and contracted demand.
• Sensitivities include pellet premium, gas or hydrogen price, power, utilisation, freight, product premium and carbon policy.

A location-led programme aligns technology, raw materials, utilities, customers, carbon strategy and finance before sanction.

• Host-market comparison, site control, port and utility agreements, environmental studies and permitting.
• Technology-provider engagement, testwork, pre-FEED and FEED, long-lead strategy and execution packaging.
• Pellet and energy supply, steelmaker qualification, product offtake and logistics arrangements.
• Carbon accounting, transition pathway, project-company structure, financing and operating-team readiness.