Steel

Steel

Steel is a type of metal forged with iron and coal that is lighter and stronger than iron.

Industry: Metals

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Steel

Direct reduced iron that has been processed into briquettes. Instead of using a blast furnace, the oxygen is removed from the ore using natural gas and results in a substance that is 90%–92% iron. ...

hot end

Metals; Steel

The section of a steelmaking complex from the furnace up to, but not including, the hot-strip mill.

hot metal

Metals; Steel

The name for the molten iron produced in a blast furnace. It proceeds to the basic oxygen furnace in molten form or is cast as pig iron.

hot mill

Metals; Steel

The rolling mill that reduces a hot slab into a coil of specified thickness; the processing is done at a relatively high temperature (when the steel is still “red”).

hot roll

Metals; Steel

Product that is sold in its “as produced state” off the Hot Mill with no further reduction or processing steps aside from being pickled and oiled (if specified).

hot-strip mill

Metals; Steel

A rolling mill of several stands of rolls that converts slabs into hot-rolled coils. The hot-strip mill squeezes slabs, which can range in thickness from two to ten inches, depending on the type of ...

HYL I, HYL III

Metals; Steel

Processes for producing DRI and HBI developed by Hylsa. The processes reduce iron ore lump or pellets with reformed natural gas in a vertical shaft furnace. The HYL I process uses four fixed-bed ...