Up to 1709, furnaces could only use charcoal to produce iron. However, wood (which is what charcoal is made from) was becoming more expensive, as forests were being cleared for farmland and timber.

Cleveland-Cliffs is looking to replace a blast furnace at an Ohio steel mill with a transformative new technology.

The last molten iron will be tapped from Blast Furnace 5 this week Loud noises and large plumes of steam will be visible above the Port Talbot steelworks as one of its historic furnaces is closed ...

Tata announced on Friday, September 20 that the company had successfully commissioned India’s largest blast furnace at ...

C(s) + O 2 (g) → CO 2 (g) Step 2 – More coke is added to the furnace and reduces the carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide, a good reducing agent. In the blast furnace, it is so hot that carbon ...

The new blast furnace, with a volume of 5,870 m3, is equipped with state-of-the-art features for long campaign life and an ...

Announced NSC investment plans for U.S. Steel place an emphasis on iron-fed blast furnace production in Pennsylvania and Indiana. Photo courtesy of U.S. Steel Corp. Tokyo-based Nippon Steel Corp. (NSC ...

Visakhapatnam: The steel plant of RINL is facing a serious crisis with the second blast furnace Annapurna blowed down on Thursday. Sources said the raw material stocks were dwindling with no help ...

A furnace is the heat source of a home. It’s vital to have this type of heating system in working order, especially if you live in an area known for its cold winters. The average cost of ...

British Steel is preparing to shut its blast furnaces in Scunthorpe by Christmas, putting 2,500 jobs at risk. It is understood the Chinese-owned company is in talks with the Government over plans ...

British Steel has previously announced it would be building an electric arc furnace (EAF) as part of its decarbonisation plans, replacing the carbon-intensive blast furnaces at the Scunthorpe site.