Particulate Engineering Group

Swedish mining and mineral group LKAB will switch from producing iron ore pellets to producing carbon-free sponge iron using hydrogen-based technology.

Researchers from a consortium of UK universities, led by Professor Ian Reaney in Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Sheffield, will help develop a national strategy to improve the sustainability of glass, ceramics, metals, paper, cement and bulk chemicals industries.

This new journal issue covers oxidation and induration of Hongge vanadium titanomagnetite pellets, the effect of welding parameters on the properties of mild steel joints and mathematical modelling of slag–metal reactions.