Iron ore briquetting

摘要

A method of producing an iron one briquette that is suitable for use as a blast furnace or other direct reduction furnace feedstock which includes the steps of: (1) mixing: (i) ore having a predetermined particle size distribution with a top size of 4.0 mm or less; and (ii) a flux; to form an ore/flux; (2) adjusting the water content of the ore prior to or during mixing step (1) to optimise briquette quality and product yield; (3) pressing the ore/flux mixture into a green briquette; and (4) indurating the green briquette to from a fured briquette.