The first MIDREX HBI Module operated over its annual rated capacity and within 6% of its record annual production. With over 32 million tons produced, ACINDAR has achieved the most production from a 5.5-meter MIDREX Shaft Furnace to date. In its 42nd year of operation, ACINDAR’s module operated at reduced capacity due to challenging local market conditions and was shut down for almost four months at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Two new modules completed construction in 2020 and were ready to start operations: a 2.5 million t/y module designed to produce CDRI and HDRI, owned by Algerian Qatari Steel (AQS) in Bellara, Algeria, and a 1.6 million t/y HBI module belonging to Cleveland-Cliffs in Toledo, Ohio, USA that started operations at the end of the 4Q of 2020.
Ten additional modules came within 10% of their record annual production and eight operated in excess of 8,000 hours. At least three MIDREX Modules* established new annual production records and at least nine established new monthly production records (no detailed production information has been received from Iran). MIDREX Technology continued to account for ~80% of worldwide production of DRI by shaft furnaces. MIDREX Plants have produced a cumulative total of more than 1,178 million tons of all forms of DRI (CDRI, HDRI, and HBI) through the end of 2020. Approximately 8.1 million tons of hot DRI (HDRI) were produced by MIDREX Plants, which were consumed in nearby steel shops and assisted them in reducing their energy consumption per ton of steel produced and increasing their productivity. The production for 2020 was calculated from the 35.5 million tons confirmed by MIDREX Plants located outside of Iran and the 30.2 million tons for Iran reported by the World Steel Association (WSA). Despite the COVID-19 pandemic that was declared towards the beginning of 2020, MIDREX® Plants produced 65.7 million tons in 2020, 3.0% less than the 67.7 million tons produced in 2019.
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