Ukraine's Metinvest will start shipments of direct-reduced (DR) iron pellet in 2020, sales director Dmitry Nikolayenko told Fastmarkets on the sidelines of the Middle East Iron and Steel conference in Dubai last week.
"We plan to produce annually up to 2 million tonnes of pellet with higher iron content for both [blast furnace] and DR segments," Nikolayenko said. "From the total tonnage, up to 1 million tonnes per year will be related to DR pellet."The company will sell 1 million tonnes...