25 FEBRUARY 2022 WorldWide Drilling Resource® Hard as Steel but Soft on the Environment Compiled by the Editorial Staff of WorldWide Drilling Resource® Rio Tinto, the world’s second largest mining company operating in 36 countries, has teamed up with two European companies to explore production of low-emissions hot briquetted iron (HBI) in Canada. Spurred on by increasing pressure from stakeholders to make steelmaking a more environmentally-friendly activity, the mining giant has inked a memorandum of understanding with Luxembourg-based engineering firm Paul Wurth S.A. and German steelmaker SHS-StahlHoldingSaar GmbH & Co. KGaA. The low-carbon feedstock would be produced using iron ore pellets and green hydrogen generated from hydroelectricity. A feasibility study into potential industrial-scale, low-carbon iron production in Canada, using the combined expertise of the three partners across the entire steel value chain, is scheduled for completion later this year, with an investment decision on a hydrogenbased direct reduction iron (DRI) plant expected to follow. Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC) will supply high-grade iron ores and expertise in mining, processing, and pelletizing. RioTintoowns 58.7%of IOC, withMitsubishi Corporation and Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Corporation holding the rest. According to Rio Tinto, “Canada provides access to cost-competitive hydroelectricity, and proximity to key markets in Europe and North America. Transforming high-grade iron ore pel lets into a low-carbon steel feedstock using green hydrogen, when April 20-22, 2022 Spearfish, SD Spearfish Holiday Inn Convention Center Phone: (605) 642-4683 • (800) 999-3541 For room booking use group code: BIW www.holiday-inn.com/spearfishsd James McNulty: (605) 786-4959 • bitwconference@gmail.com Dr. Purushotham Tukkaraja (PT): (605) 430-4880 • pt@sdsmt.edu For more information, or to register online, go to: bitwconference.org/register.html Tuesday: Registration and early exhibit set-up (after 10 am or before noon on Wednesday). Wednesday: Paul Muehl Memorial Trap Shoot, Bob Martin Memorial Golf Scramble, Crazy Horse Mountain Tour, Regulatory Session and Panel Discussion, Primer Hour and Welcome Back Party. Thursday: Opening Session and Technical Sessions, Lunch and Student Scholarship Presentations, Booster Hour, Annual Awards Banquet and Scholarship Auction. Friday: Technical Sessions. Booths close at 10:30 am. Conference ends after lunch and door prizes. Everyday: Exhibitor Boothswith the latest inBlasting Technology and Products, Lunch, Door Prizes, and much more! Blaster recertification credit hours for WY and other states! See you there! Hard as Steel continued on page 26.
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