South Korea hydrogen DRI plant
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South Korea hydrogen DRI plant is a steel plant in unknown, South Korea that operates direct reduced iron (DRI) technology.
Location
The map below shows the approximate location of the plant in unknown, South Korea:
- Location: unknown, Republic of Korea
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 36.647511, 128.131064 (approximate)
Background
In February 2023, South Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (Motie) announced the country's Steel Industry Development Strategy for Transition to Low-Carbon Steel Production, which involves plans to decarbonise South Korean steel sector. This involves setting up of a hydrogen direct reduction technology-based demonstration plant of capacity 1 mtpa by 2030.[1][2] A 1mn t/yr demonstration project will be done for hydrogen reduced steel before the commercialisation of 3mn t/yr reactors. There will be a 10 kg/h demonstration reactor for naphtha electrolysis before the commercialisation of a 240 kg/h reactor. [3] As of January 2025, there has been no updates on the plant.
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Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Announced date | Start date | Power source | Iron ore source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-02[4] | 2030[4][5][6] | unknown | unknown |
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
| Parent company | Parent company PermID | Parent company GEM ID | Owner | Owner company PermID | Owner company GEM ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unknown | not applicable | E100000132388 | unknown[4] | not applicable | E100000132388 |
Table 3: Process and Products
| Steel product category | Steel products | Main production equipment |
|---|---|---|
| crude[4] | HBI[4] | DRI |
Table 4: Plant-level Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status1 | Sponge iron/DRI capacity | Nominal iron capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| announced | 4000[4] | 4000[4] |
Unit Details
Table 5: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Details
| Unit name | Status | Announced date | Start date | Furnace type | Current capacity (ttpa) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unknown DRI (1) | announced[4] | 2023-02 | 2030[7] | not found | 3000[4] |
| unknown DRI (2) | announced[4] | – | 2030[7] | not found | 1000[4] |
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Additional data
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References
- ↑ "Korea unveils steel plan, eyes low-carbon project fund | Argus Media". www.argusmedia.com. 2023-02-20. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
- ↑ "Industry Trends Brief 2023" (PDF). SFOC. April 2023. Retrieved 08 December, 2023.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Li, Tng Yong (2023-02-27). "* | Latest Market News | Argus Media". www.argusmedia.com. Retrieved 2025-01-08.
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 https://web.archive.org/web/20230330234003/https://www.argusmedia.com/en/news/2423778-s-korea-banks-on-technology-in-industrial-net-zero-plan. Archived from the original on 2023-03-30.
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