While the basic design of iron and coke blast furnaces is centuries old, today's steelmakers are looking for innovative ways to produce molten iron with increased production and efficiency. That's why ...

Worldwide, we produce more than two gigatons of steel a year, the vast majority of which is produced in blast furnaces. In order to make the blast furnace process more sustainable—less energy ...

Since Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem held its grand opening in June 2009, the casino has been illuminating the former Bethlehem Steel Corp. blast furnaces. The hulking furnaces are awash in blue for ...

From coking coal to the ‘four queens’, here’s what you need to know about workings of UK’s last two blast furnaces British Steel is scrambling to find enough raw materials to keep steel production ...