Kwinana Industrial Area, south of Perth, Australia. The pilot plant aims to prove Pilbara iron-ore can be used to produce lower-carbon emissions molten iron using direct reduced iron (DRI)-ESF ...

Rio Tinto Iron Ore chief executive Simon Trott said ... "BlueScope, BHP and Rio Tinto choose WA for electric smelting furnace ...

Called NeoSmelt, the initiative aims to transform low-grade Pilbara iron ore into molten iron, using an electric smelting furnace ... Australia's only commercial plants at Whyalla in South ...

Iron smelting is a difficult process because the extraction of iron from rock involves a chemical process. Crushed iron ore and charcoal were placed in furnaces and lime was added. After several ...