Algerian Qatari Steel (AQS) started its own direct reduced iron (DRI) production on Sunday February 14, and thus will stop importing DRI, the company told Fastmarkets.
The module has the capacity to produce 2.5 million tonnes per year of DRI. This is in addition to the 2.1 million tpy of crude steel and total rolling capacity of 2 million tpy of rebar and wire rod...