Short Route - Long-Term Success, Integrated Mini-Mill Solutions by Midrex and SMS Demag

SMS Demag and Midrex Technologies formed a strategic alliance and have teamed up to offer an integrated mini-mill concept for the production of high-quality hot rolled coils based on direct reduced iron (DRI). The cooperation of the market leaders in the fields of direct reduction, electric steelmaking and combined continuous casting/hot rolling enables steelmakers to profit from the shortest route from iron ore to hot rolled coils (HRC). Customers benefit from unique and well-proven technology: • MIDREX Plant • ARCCESS EAF (electric arc furnace) • CSP technology (compact strip production) The direct reduced iron produced by the MIDREX Plant features a high metallic iron content, but almost no nonferrous metal impurities which are undesired in steel. In combination with SMS Demag’s clean-steel technology, it is possible to achieve ambitious metallurgical results and to reliably produce sophisticated steel grades. The optimally tuned plant components are designed for maximum energy-efficiency over the whole process route and hence result in a fast return-on-investment.