ID: 31710Iron ore, the fundamental ingredient of steel, needs to be reduced in blast furnace to remove it of impurities Free downloadKeywords raw materialsoreNLMK GroupNovolipetskStoilenskyCategories Facility, Ironmaking, Russia, Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK Group), Novolipetsk (NLMK Group), Production Process, Country, ProducerRelated itemsClose-up of cutting and casting steel billets Stacks of steel beams in the shipping yard Wire rod coil ready to be loaded onto ship for delivery to customers Cutting steel slab Close-up of slabs being loaded for export onto ship at the facility port Radioing the central control room about pig iron production status from the blast furnace tap hole Close-up of cold rolled coil Walking between water treatment tanks