LANGUAGE PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES COMPETENCES ABOUT US CAREERS CONTACT PRESS&MEDIA MIDREX® Home > Primetals Technologies > Ironmaking MIDREX® – THE WORLD’S LEADING DRI PRODUCTION PROCESS Midrex is an innovative ironmaking process, developed for the production of direct-reduced iron (DRI) from iron ores and primarily natural gas. Midrex is a gas-based shaft furnace process that converts iron oxides – in the form of pellets or lump ore – into direct reduced iron (DRI). The Midrex technology is highly adaptive to our customers’ needs, which is reflected in a broad variety of configurations. The performance of Midrex plants typically exceeds nominal capacity ratings. This trend will continue with the implementation of new technologies such as oxide coating, oxygen injection, OXY+, centrifugal process gas compressors and our process optimization system. As a licensee of Midrex technology, Primetals Technologies has been successfully building Midrex direct reduction plants and is able to supply all sizes of packages right up to turnkey solutions. About one third of all Midrex plants worldwide have been built with significant involvement (e.g., consortium leadership) of Primetals Technologies. The Midrex process The Midrex process The Midrex Process is unsurpassed in the Direct Reduction industry in terms of production and process flexibility to meet the constantly evolving nature of steelmakers and ore-based metallic providers. Adjustable product quality and the flexibility to produce various forms of iron together with some of the best production records industry-wide make Midrex Plants the most profitable DRI plants in the world to own and operate. Plant special features Whether the requirement is for 500,000 tons per year or 2.5 million tons per year and higher, owners know they will receive high performance and reliability from the Midrex Process. The shaft furnace-based Midrex Process provides outstanding investment value through an efficient way to reduce iron oxide with the greatest operational flexibility. Midrex can Derive reducing gas from the energy source most readily available and competitively priced. Efficiently reduce local iron oxide pellets and ores of varying quality either separately or in differing combinations. Discharge DRI either cold or hot and in any combination simultaneously to produce cold DRI (CDRI), hot briquetted iron (HBI) and hot DRI (HDRI). Reference Story The biggest overseas investment of voestalpine Customer voestalpine Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S.A. Our solution The Midrex plant is constructed near the city of Corpus Christi, Texas. It is designed to produce two million metric tons of hot briquetted iron (HBI) per year, making it the largest single module of this type world-wide. The plant will begin operations in 2016. CONTACT AND SUPPORT You have questions? We‘re always happy to help you! FURTHER INFORMATION MIDREX Briquetting TEXAS.pdf Videos Midrex® the world’s leading direct-reduced iron production process I Accept primetals.com uses cookies. By using our website you are agreeing to our Cookie Policy. More info PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES Ironmaking Steelmaking Continuous Casting Hot Rolling Long Hot Rolling Flat Cold Rolling Non ferrous rolling Processing Endless Casting & Rolling Mini Mills COMPETENCES Lifecycle Services ECO Solutions Innovation Power Integrated Plants & Solutions Electrics & Automation ABOUT US Company Profile Compliance, QM & EHS, Tax Corporate Organization Locations Supply Chain Management Technology Legacy CONTACT PRESS & MEDIA © Primetals Technologies