BLAST FURNACE IRON

PRODUCTION PROCESS

By: Christopher Perumal & Kashmeel Bisseru

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BRIEF HISTORY

Speculation suggests that production began

sometime after 2000 B.C. in South Asia.

Thereafter, during the Iron Age, blacksmiths

produced wrought iron.

By the late Middle Ages, European iron makers

had developed the blast furnace to produce cast
pig iron.
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RAW MATERIALS IRON ORE

Speculation suggests that production began

sometime after 2000 B.C. in South Asia.

Thereafter, during the Iron Age, blacksmiths

produced wrought iron.

By the late Middle Ages, European iron makers

had developed the blast furnace to produce cast
pig iron.
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Figure 1 : Steelmaking routes and raw materials (IISI Steel Statistical Yearbook and World Steel in Figures, 2007)

PROCESS DESCRIPTION

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