FINESMELT™ HBI

Finesmelt™ HBI (Hot Briquetted Iron) is Directly Reduced Iron or Iron Oxide reduced to metallic iron without melting and which has been compacted under hot conditions into briquettes. Finesmelt™ HBI is a superior steel feedstock with good thermal and electrical conductivity. It is stable and resistant to loss of metallization, and is easily transported and stored. Finesmelt™ HBI can also be fed directly to a Basic Oxygen Furnace (BOF) or Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) as a metallic iron source and as an excellent scrap substitute.

The high purity chemical composition of Finesmelt™ HBI (effectively 90% Fe and 4% C) means that steelmakers can consistently produce high quality steel products that should attract a sales premium: