The partial reduction of hematite to magnetic iron oxide.
Institution: | McGill University |
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Department: | Department of Engineering. |
Degree: | Master of Engineering. |
Year: | 1961 |
Keywords: | Metallurgical Engineering. |
Record ID: | 1584679 |
Full text PDF: | http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/thesisfile113536.pdf |
The iron and steel industry has been and still is faced with rising capital and operating costs. The capital cost of a blast furnace complete with coking ovens and all other raw material facilities is in the order of fourty million dollars and up. In addition each ton of raw material carries the cost of removal from the pit or mine, possible beneficiation costs, plus the high cast of transportation. These costs, it is to be noted, are also increasing. To meet this challenge the industry decided to embark on a twofold program of research.