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.

Swedish steelmaker SSAB is replacing its blast furnaces in Oxelösund, Sweden with an electric arc furnace and associated raw ...

Utility Global, Inc. (Houston) announced the successful operation of the company’s H2Gen system at a major steel plant in ...

Former Aberdeen players recall being on the receiving end of the full force of Sir Alex Ferguson's anger in the dressing room, something they nicknamed "the blast furnace". Watch the documentary ...

Nippon Steel Corp. said it achieved the world’s first carbon dioxide (CO2) emission cut of 43 percent by using hydrogen instead of coal in a blast furnace. The breakthrough was made in a test ...

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 ...

Posco, one of the world’s biggest steel producers, is being sued by youth activists in South Korea over a plan to extend the life of its coal-based blast furnace operations. Plaintiffs aged 11 to 18 ...