Cleveland-Cliffs Completes Successful Blast Furnace Hydrogen Injection Trial at Indiana Harbor #7 Blast Furnace
January 26 2024 - 2:42PM
Business Wire
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. (NYSE: CLF) announced today that it
has successfully completed a hydrogen (H2) injection trial at its
Indiana Harbor #7 blast furnace, the largest blast furnace in North
America. This represents the second Cleveland-Cliffs blast furnace
to utilize hydrogen as a reductant and fuel source, following the
successful trial at Middletown Works in May of 2023. Indiana Harbor
#7 is among the largest blast furnaces in the entire world, both in
size and production capacity. IH#7 also compares favorably against
similar equipment in Japan, Korea, China or Europe, for its
technological capability to support the production of high-end
steels, including highly specified automotive feedstock.
Cliffs recently completed the commissioning of the hydrogen
pipeline at Indiana Harbor, which was used for this trial. This
successful commissioning marks another significant achievement
toward Cliffs’ future GHG reduction efforts, completing the
pipeline in advance of schedule, below budget and without incident.
Cliffs' hydrogen gas supplier, Linde, was a critical partner in the
successful execution of this major trial.
Lourenco Goncalves, Cliffs’ Chairman, President and Chief
Executive Officer, said: “Indiana Harbor #7 is the largest blast
furnace in North America and we are proud of our ability to be
ahead of the curve in using this cutting edge technology to
decarbonize, while maintaining both our efficiency and the high
standard of quality that comes with steel produced via the blast
furnace route. As the American iron and steel leader, we are proud
that we are ahead of the rest of the world in using the
technologies that make our blast furnace steel the cleanest in the
world, including using iron ore pellets, natural gas injection,
HBI, and now hydrogen. I congratulate my team on another major step
forward. I also thank Linde for their valuable contribution.”
About Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.
Cleveland-Cliffs is the largest flat-rolled steel producer in
North America. Founded in 1847 as a mine operator, Cliffs also is
the largest manufacturer of iron ore pellets in North America. The
Company is vertically integrated from mined raw materials, direct
reduced iron, and ferrous scrap to primary steelmaking and
downstream finishing, stamping, tooling, and tubing.
Cleveland-Cliffs is the largest supplier of steel to the automotive
industry in North America and serves a diverse range of other
markets due to its comprehensive offering of flat-rolled steel
products. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Cleveland-Cliffs
employs approximately 28,000 people across its operations in the
United States and Canada.
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