Patent ID: 7645321

Claim:
A process for the production of ore comprising green agglomerates containing an amount of fines, fluxes and optionally a binder, the process comprising the steps of: mixing ore with fluxes and an optionally provided binder to form a mixture; pelletizing the mixture in an agglomeration drum ( 7 ) to form green agglomerates having a desired size for further processing; and coating the green agglomerates thus formed with a combustible containing fine-grained carbon and optionally a binder in the agglomeration drum ( 7 ), by adding the combustible in an area ( 11 ) of the longitudinal extension of the agglomeration drum ( 7 ) where the green agglomerates forming in the agglomeration drum ( 7 ) have the desired size for further processing, and wherein the area ( 11 ) of adding the combustible into the agglomeration drum ( 7 ) is varied throughout the length of the agglomeration drum ( 7 ), depending on the nature of the green agglomerates.