PREMIUM QUALITY DRI PRODUCTS FROM ENERGIRON®
23 July, 2019Interview with the Vice-President of Danieli Centro Metallics
25 March, 2020
Jan 01, 2020
ENERGIRON® DRI plant #1 10th anniversary
The ENERGIRON® team is celebrating the 10th year of operation of the Direct Reduction Plant - Phase 1 at Abu Dhabi (UAE) and congratulates with Emirates Steel for setting new production and availability records during last years.
Emirates Steel operates two twin plants based on the ENERGIRON® III technology, originally conceived to produce 1,6 Mtpy of hot and cold DRI at 94% of metallization and 2.5% Carbon. Thanks to the Hytemp® System, the high-quality Hot DRI is directly charged into the Danieli EAF, allowing the excellent electrical consumption of just 380 kWh/tLS, which is a worldwide benchmark for all modern DRI-based minimills.
Both plants were later revamped at 2 Mtpy of DRI in 2014, with minor modifications carried out in just 1-month time during the annual shutdown; the production was then stabilized at 100% of the enhanced nominal capacity in just 6 months.
Nowadays, thanks to the efficiency, competitiveness, and pursuit of excellence that always characterized the Emirates Steel team, the ENERGIRON® DR plants in Abu Dhabi are consistently operating within standard operational availability, producing excellent quality DRI and liquid steel at the lowest OPEX for any DRI-based minimill.