Hot Briquetted Iron.  A premium form of DRI that has been compacted under high temperature and pressure to reduce transport risk.

Where the molten steel is produced and cast into semifinished steel products.

The product produced in the blast furnace which results from smelting iron ore with a high-carbon fuel such as coke.

A reinforcing steel bar used to strengthen and aid concrete under tension for construction applications.

Undesirable elements in the scrap (particularly copper) which are generally harmful to the steel manufacturing process.

An outside contractor given full responsibility to plan and build something that the client must be able to use as soon as it is finished without needing any further work.

Non-recycled sources of iron used for steelmaking such as iron ore or products made from iron ore such as DRI or HBI (excluding ferrous scrap).