HYBRIT: Successful trials using fossil-free fuels in the pellet process
Trials using fossil-free fuels in LKAB’s pellet plant have produced successful results within the framework of the HYBRIT initiative. The world’s very first fossil-free iron ore pellets are within touching distance. SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall intend to be the first in the world with a value chain for fossil-free steel.Fossil-free steel production starts in the mine and the processing plants. The development of the next generation of pellet plants is under way, and one of LKAB’s challenges and contributions to HYBRIT is to develop fossil-free pellets, which requires a change of heating