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AUSIRON

THE PROCESS

CAPABILITY

OPERATIONS


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The AusIron® process for direct ironmaking is based on Ausmelt’s commercially successful Top Submerged Lance technology. Ausmelt has applied this technology in plants around the world, processing a variety of metals such as lead, tin,zinc, copper, nickel, gold/silver and PGM’s. The technology has also been used to treat hazardous waste products such as spent pot lining from the aluminium industry. The AusIron® technology builds on this success, with the process capabilities already proven at the purpose-built Demonstration Plant in Whyalla, South Australia.

		APPLICATIONS

	Incremental hot metal supply for integrated steel producers Hot metal supply to EAF operations Pig iron production from currently un-usable ferrous feeds

		ADVANTAGES

	No Sintering or Pelletising Direct Use of Themal Coals Low Capital Cost Simple, Low Pressure Operation Environmentall Robust

CURRENT ACTIVITIES

AUSIRON PIG IRON DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
Continuing work to establish funding support

AUSIRON DEMONSTRATION PLANT PROJECT

Ausmelt is pursuing a project to establish commercial operations using its Whyalla demonstration plant. The plant will be reconfigured to a non-ferrous application, proven in commercial use elsewhere. Once established the project offers consistent revenues from primary and secondary processing operations

CHINA STEEL INDUSTRY
A chinese steelmaker is currently undertaking a feasibility study based on a 500ktpa AusIron Module

INDIA STEEL INDUSTRY
AusIron has submitted a proposal for pig iron production using mining tailings