Suez Steel has set a new benchmark in energy efficiency at its Direct Reduction Plant (DRP), which utilises ENERGIRON Zero-Reformer (ZR) technology.
The company was able to maintain natural gas consumption levels slightly below 2.2 Gcal per ton for several months of continuous operations.
The plant is one of the first large-scale industrial applications of ENERGIRON ZR technology, which Tenova and Danieli jointly developed.
Rafic Daou, CEO of Suez Steel, said: “We are collecting the fruits of our works and our growing expertise in the field of pelletising and iron making; these results confirm the potential of the company Suez Steel and of Egypt to reach excellency in the steel industry.”
Danieli highlighted that a key contribution to the results was the integration of the captive pellet plant, which allows for the supply of high-quality pellets with optimal reducibility characteristics for stable and efficient DRP production.
Marco Lapasin, vice president of Danieli Centro Metallics, added: “We are proud of these results that show the potential of the ENERGIRON process, especially when the management and the team is devoted to production and to investigate the best synergies to push the process closer to its theoretical limit.
“We praise this approach, and we are glad when we can contribute to the success of such an important partner like Suez Steel.”
