MIDREX® Plants Reach Production Milestone

1 Billion Tons of DRI Products Since 1969

July 3, 2018

Kobe Steel, Ltd.

Our U.S. group company, Midrex Technologies, Inc., announces that in June, plants operating with MIDREX® Direct Reduction Technology reached a cumulative production of 1 billion metric tons of direct reduced iron (DRI) products.


Please see the Midrex news release for details.


MIDREX<sup>®</sup> DRI products

MIDREX® DRI products

The first MIDREX<sup>®</sup> Plant at the former Oregon Steel Mills in Portland, Oregon, USA started up in 1969.

The first MIDREX® Plant at the former Oregon Steel Mills in Portland, Oregon, USA started up in 1969.

The voestalpine Texas MIDREX<sup>®</sup> DR Plant went into operation in 2017.

The voestalpine Texas MIDREX® DR Plant became fully operational in 2017.

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