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Raw materials
| Iron ore and Coal |
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| Description |
| A mineral that contains sufficient iron to be a commercial and viable source of the element used in steel mills.
Coking coal permits the furnaces to reach temperatures of 2.000 ºC |
| Applications |
| Needed to produce pig iron |
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| Pellets |
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| Description |
| Crude iron. |
| Applications |
| Mixed with scrap in an electric furnace produces steel. |
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| Ferrous Scrap |
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| Description |
| Ferrous material (which contains iron) which generally is melted and vacuumed to form new steel. Scrap constitutes 100% of the raw material for an electric furnace. We offer a great variety of ferrous scrap; shredded scrap, rail scrap, blocks of motor engines and others. |
| Applications |
| As raw material to produce steel, stainless steel and other products. |
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| Ferroalloys |
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| Description |
| Compounded iron and steel products, in which the principal element is iron: ferrosilicon; ferromanganese, silicon manganese… |
| Applications |
| Is used as raw material to produce steel, stainless steel and other products. |
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| Metallurgical Coke |
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| Description |
| Is the basic combustion that is consumed in a high furnace for the melting of iron. Coke is coal that has been degasified in a coke mill. |
| Applications |
| Provides the heat and gases necessary to melt and reduce the iron ore. |
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