OVERVIEW OF THE STEELMAKING PROCESS

Blast Furnace Steelmaking Scrap

Electric Arc Furnace Steelmaking
Pellets
Pellets

Iron Ore
Iron Ore

Continuous casting
Sinter
Coal/Natural Gas

Direct
reduction

Limestone

Converter Ladle Ladle

(Steelmaking) (Refining) (Refining) Electric arc furnace Scrap
Coal Blast furnace (Steelmaking)
Coke
(Ironmaking)

Slab Billet Bloom

Plate Hot-rolled and cold-rolled strip (Coils) Hot-rolled bars Rods Tube rounds Structural shapes Rails

Design by Blisscommunication.com / Cover photo: ThyssenKrupp Steel / Tubes photo: Salzgitter The process shown above is illustrative only and is not designed to show the steelmaking process in detail. Not all steel plants produce all of the products shown in this diagram. worldsteel.org