MUMBAI, India, Aug. 12 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202647094421 A) filed by Jfe Steel Corporation on August 04, 2026, for Method For Charging Raw Material Into Blast Furnace And Method For Producing Molten Iron.

Inventors include Hosokawa Atsushi; Igawa Daisuke; and Kashihara Yusuke.

The application for the patent was published on August 07, 2026, under issue no. 32/2026.

Abstract: To provide a method for charging a raw material into a blast furnace and a method for producing molten iron that can charge reduced iron into a portion of the furnace having a large reduction load in the radial direction without providing a dedicated hopper at the top of the furnace. Provided is a method for mixing an ore...