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The NeoSmelt pilot plant is intended to test production of iron from an electric smelting furnace (ESF), a type of furnace being developed by steel producers and technology companies seeking to ...

Australia’s two largest iron-ore miners and its biggest steelmaker have selected the Kwinana Industrial Area, south of Perth, as the location to develop Australia’s largest ironmaking electric ...

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which will seek to prove that iron ore from the Pilbara region can be turned into steel with renewable energy and without the need for a traditional coal-fired blast furnace.

The pilot plant aims to test and optimise the electric smelting furnace (ESF), offering a low CO₂-emission-intensity alternative to traditional blast furnaces. Credit: DedMityay/Shutterstock.

The NeoSmelt collaboration aims to decarbonise steelmaking by using Pilbara iron ore without traditional blast furnaces, marking a significant step in reducing carbon emissions. The collaboration ...

as the location to develop Australia’s largest ironmaking electric smelting furnace (ESF) pilot plant. The groundbreaking project combines the expertise of BlueScope… Power2X (Amsterdam, the ...

Australia’s largest ironmaking electric smelting furnace (ESF) pilot plant, Project NeoSmelt, is set to be built in the Kwinana Industrial Area south of Perth, Western Australia (WA) which is also ...

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The DRI-ESF equipment can replace the traditional blast furnace. This can help in reductions of up to 80% in CO2 emission intensity compared with the conventional blast furnace steel route.

This was despite the two mining giants announcing plans to develop the largest ironmaking electric smelting furnace pilot plant study in Western Australia. This morning, Rio Tinto revealed that ...