Metallurgical coke is a carbon material manufactured by the destructive distillation of various blends of bituminous coal. It is a macroporous carbon material of high strength produced by carbonization of coals or coal blends at temperatures up to 1200°C. Metallurgical coke is used as a fuel and as a reducing agent in smelting iron ore in a blast furnace.
Iron Ore Pellets are formed from beneficiated or run of mine iron fines. Iron ore fines are agglomerated into pellets and then indurated using a furnace to create iron ore pellets. These are typically fed to a blast furnace or DRI plant as part of the process to make steel.
Iron ores are rocks and minerals from which metallic iron can be economically extracted. The material is processed to allow its use in the iron/steel making industry. Iron ore fines refers to cargo in the size range of up to 250mm, and iron ore fines 10% or more of fine particles of less than 1mm and 50% or more of particles less than 10mm.
