FEATURE: The demise of Venezuela’s once thriving HBI industry

Current global steel market dynamics should have presented the Venezuelan hot-briquetted iron industry with a golden opportunity. That is, if only Venezuela’s HBI industry was in a position to take advantage of such a scenario. Global metals supply has been dented by Russia’s war with Ukraine, the use of direct-reduced iron and HBI combined with hydrogen are emerging as a…

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