7TH EUROPEAN COKE AND IRONMAKING CONGRESS - ECIC 2016

The COREX® process is beside the FINEX® technology the only industrially realized alternative to the blast furnace route for the production of hot metal. Changes in the raw material sector in respect of decrease in quality, strictly enforced environmental laws, minimization of CO2 emissions and positive operation results of COREX® reference plants make it worth to carefully re-evaluate the COREX® technology in comparison with the traditional ironmaking technology. Integrated Plant concepts based on COREX® offer solutions for future challenges of the iron- and steelmaking industry, which include: - Economical hot metal production - Efficient and economic export gas utilization for power, DRI or syngas production - Lower raw material cost, higher raw material availability - Environmental friendly high grade steel production The economic evaluation of different COREX® gas based plant concepts in comparison with the traditional ironmaking technology shows that the COREX® technology is competitive in the challenging iron and steel producing environment.