EVRAZ Nizhny Tagil Iron and Steel Works, Nizhny Tagil, Russia
M. V. Polovets, Head of Bureau, e-mail: Mikhail.Polovets@evraz.com
E. A. Sidorov, Head of Laboratory, e-mail: Eugeny.Sidorov@evraz.com
A. A. Forshev, Head of Dept. - Deputy Head of Administration, e-mail: Andrey.Forshev@evraz.com
T. D. Kotyukov, Leading Engineer-Technologist, e-mail: Timofey.Kotyukov@evraz.com
A. V. Koryukov, Chief Specialist, e-mail: Anton.Koryukov@evraz.com

At the present stage of development of the metallurgical industry, issues of reducing CO₂ emissions are given special attention. As one of the ways to reduce CO₂ emissions in steel production, an alternative to the classical technology of steel production from virgin raw materials is considered, namely: the transition to the technology of producing metallized pellets with subsequent remelting in an arc furnace. A feature of blast furnace smelting of vanadiumcontaining titanomagnetites is the presence of valuable vanadium in the ore, which must be extracted. The results of a laboratory study of the metallization of pellets of EVRAZ KMPP and their subsequent melting in an arc furnace are presented. The possibility of obtaining metallized pellets with a metallization degree of 92% and their subsequent remelting is shown. A pyrometallurgical off-blast furnace scheme for processing vanadium-containing titanomagnetites is proposed.

The authors express special gratitude to the staff of PJSC Klyuchevsky Ferroalloy Plant (MidUral Group) represented by Executive Director N. V. Kuzmin, Chief Metallurgist Yu. B. Maltsev and Head of Production and Technical Department V. I. Devyatykh for their assistance in carrying out this work.

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