Mitsubishi begins hydrogen-based iron manufacture demo project | Hydrogen
© Voestalpine / steel site in Linz © Voestalpine / steel site in Linz Japan’s Mitsubishi Corporation is participating in a demonstration project for the development of a hydrogen-based fluidised bed fine ore reduction (HYFOR) process and electric smelting furnace in partnership with Mitsubishi-owned, UK-based metals company Primetals Technologies. The project entails constructing and operating an industrial-scale prototype plant for a new hydrogen-based ironmaking process at a Voestalpine steelworks in Linz, Austria. Operations are scheduled to begin in mid-2027. The new ironmaking process has a projected capacity of three tonnes per hour and will produce hot metal and hot briquetted iron using the HYFOR and smelter technologies developed by Primetals. Global mining firm Rio Tinto will supply 70% of the iron ore. HYFOR is billed as the world’s first direct reduction technology for iron ore… Read More »Mitsubishi begins hydrogen-based iron manufacture demo project | Hydrogen