Background：

In 2011, the furnace capacity caused by the elimination of outdated Production Capa-city will grow up to 400 cubic meters. In another word, the capability of more than 100 million tons’ will be put away idly .Since China’s year production capability has rea-ched more than 800 million tons, there is an immediate need improve the structure of the raw materials. The newly released 12th Five-Year Plan indicates that the government still encourages the development of non-blast-furnace iron making technology. Under the govern-ment’s leadership, the technology has always been the hotspot in the metallurgy industry.

Direct Reduced Iron is not only the urgent needing material to produce pure steel in China’s electric furnace industry , but also the urgent needing to produce high-level pure cast steel and casting blank in the equipment manufacturing industry . Under this background, a non-blast furnace technique becomes the top choice of many corporations.

The problem of raw materials becomes greater because of the increasing output of iron and steel. The utilization of low- quality iron has turned out to be a big problem in the metallurgy industry recently. In dealing with the utilization of low-quality iron and po-lymetallic ore, people have turned to coal-based direct reduction. And it is also related to rotary hearth furnaces, rotary kilns, tunnel kilns and shaft furnaces.

The techniques of Gas-Based Reduction, MIDREX and HYL have done a lot to the reduction procedure of coal-making gas. It has reached a good result while considering the China’s market features and the increasing oil price background. The metallurgy industry in China is paying much attention to it.

The 2011 China’s International Seminar on Direct Reduction Iron is hosted by the Over-world Non-Blast-Furnace Iron-making Technical Consultancy Co.,Ltd. , and the China Scrap Association, and organized by the Over-world Non-Blast-Furnace Iron-making Technical Con-sultancy Co.,Ltd. via www.driinfo.com media platform . We are sincerely inviting the coun-terparts both from home and abroad of direct reduction industry to discuss the current market condition and the relevant techniques in the world as well as in China.

Let’s together explore the bright future of China’s market for DRI.

Topics：

The following themes will be discussed with the participation of the National deve-lopment & reform commission, the China iron &steel industry association (CISA), the China Scrap Association, the Chinese Society for Metals Non-Blast-Furnace Iron-Making Department, top-level enterprises, industry experts and well-known figures: