According to US-based Midrex Technologies, Dr. Suhat Korkmaz, CEO of Tosyalı Holding recently announced completion of the state-of-the-art direct reduction ironmaking plant capable of simultaneous production of hot and cold direct reduced iron (HDRI and CDRI), which will feed the electric arc furnace (EAF) melt shop of a new Tosyali Algeria iron and steel facility.
Engineering efforts of the new DRI plant were carried out by Midrex Technologies, Inc. and its partner Paul Wurth S.A. Technologies, Inc.
Commissioning of the 2.5 million mt plant began in July 2018, and production of cold DRI started in late November 2018, while hot DRI production is expected to begin in February 2019, which also is the scheduled official plant start-up. The new plant will provide Tosyali's Algerian facility with greater production flexibility to produce high quality, low impurity steels as well as eliminate the need to import scrap.