US Patent Issued to TATA STEEL IJMUIDEN on May 19 for "Method of introducing a metalliferous feed in an ironmaking process" (Dutch, Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,892, issued on May 19, was assigned to TATA STEEL IJMUIDEN B.V. (Velsen-Noord, Netherlands).

"Method of introducing a metalliferous feed in an ironmaking process" was invented by Johannes Leendert Teunis Hage (Bilthoven, Netherlands), Hai Thong Ho (Amsterdam), Frederic Adrien Blaffart (Liege, Belgium) and Xuan Wang (Kessel-Lo, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of introducing a metalliferous feed in an ironmaking process, the method including the steps of, pre-drying an iron containing sludge by drying means to an amount of 15 to 30% (w/w) moisture, mixing the pre-dried iron containing sludge with a binder material to obt...