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A method is provided for producing an agglomerated material that is used for producing metallic iron by heat reduction in a moving hearth-type reducing furnace, wherein the agglomerated material can have a high mechanical strength without increases in the binder content and the moisture content of the material mixture. The method for producing an agglomerated material used for producing metallic iron, the metallic iron is produced by charging and heating the agglomerated material in a moving hearth-type reducing furnace to reduce an iron oxide contained in the agglomerated material with a carbonaceous reducing agent, wherein the agglomerated material is produced by wherein the agglomerated material is produced by agglomerating a material mixture containing the iron-oxide-containing material, the carbonaceous reducing agent, a binder, and moisture; drying the material mixture; wherein a carbohydrate is used as the binder and the material mixture is left to stand prior to the agglomeration.
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