{"id":3724,"date":"2023-05-14T04:01:05","date_gmt":"2023-05-14T04:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tplabs.co\/congin\/?p=3724"},"modified":"2025-10-29T10:33:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T10:33:03","slug":"direct-reduced-iron-dri-sponge-iron-method","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chiragsolution.in\/demo\/ssg\/direct-reduced-iron-dri-sponge-iron-method\/","title":{"rendered":"Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) \/ Sponge Iron Method"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3724\" class=\"elementor elementor-3724\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0f3f1b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e0f3f1b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46b5a1cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"46b5a1cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Dominant Regions:<\/strong> India, Iran, Mexico, Middle East The DRI method (also known as Sponge Iron) is popular in countries with abundant natural gas or coal reserves.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64a7a0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"64a7a0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How it works:<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad721f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ad721f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>Iron ore is reduced directly using natural gas or non-coking coal, without melting it.<\/li>\n<li>The resulting \u201csponge iron\u201d is later melted in Electric Arc or Induction Furnaces 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