Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for Method For Producing Reduced Iron Using Shaft Furnace

MUMBAI, India, Nov. 2 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617092361 A) filed by Nippon Steel Corporation on July 30, 2026, for Method For Producing Reduced Iron Using Shaft Furnace.

Inventor includes Mizutani, Moritoshi.

The application for the patent was published on October 30, 2026, under issue no. 44/2026.

Abstract: In this method for producing reduced iron using a shaft furnace, the burden on equipment is reduced by suppressing the amount that a reducing gas is heated by an external heater. The method for producing reduced iron using a shaft furnace according to the present disclosure is characterized by: including preheating an iron oxide starting material, obtaining a reducing gas by subjecting a ...