The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is accepting public comments on a draft air emissions permit for an iron briquette manufacturing facility proposed for construction in Toledo, Ohio. Cleveland-based Cleveland Cliffs is seeking to locate its IronUnits plant at the former Ironville Terminal brownfield site in the eastern part of the city.
In choosing Toledo as the site of its first hot briquetted iron (HBI) production plant, Cleveland Cliffs says the facility will be located near several potential customers in the form of electric arc furnace steel producers. On the raw materials side, “The location will allow our plant to receive our iron ore pellets produced in Michigan and Minnesota, similar to how we currently supply our existing blast furnace customers,” the company states on its website.
If approved, the permit would allow construction of a 2.48 million tons-per-year HBI and direct reduced iron (DRI) manufacturing facility. The plant will use a reformer fueled by natural gas and a shaft furnace. Carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, particulate matter and greenhouse gas pollutants are expected to be emitted along with minor quantities of other pollutants. Computer modeling was conducted to ensure local air quality will be protected, the Ohio EPA indicates.
Charlotte, North Carolina-based Midrex Technologies has been chosen to design, engineer and procure the equipment for the new plant, which has a $700 million price tag, according to Cleveland Cliffs.
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