Abstract

In recent years, it has been noted that more than 80% of India’s total production of DRI comes from processes based on coal, which presents a significant difficulty in observing environmental regulations. Due to the direct usage of non-coking coal, DRI industries have a very high potential for pollution. In addition to being the world’s largest producer of DRI, India’s production of DRI requires particular consideration because it is predominantly coal-based, as opposed to the natural gas used by more than 90% of DRI plants throughout the world. India is an agricultural country and produces agricultural waste abundantly. Therefore, this agricultural waste can be utilized as a reducing agent in iron ore reduction.

Keywords:Minerals; Natural gas; Agricultural; Raw material; Iron

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