ID: 32667Researcher in the facility laboratory Free downloadKeywords R&DBrazilUSIMINASIpatingatestingCategories Production Process, Country, Producer, Facility, Testing and R&D, Brazil, USIMINAS, Ipatinga (USIMINAS)Related itemsPlacing wire rod coils on the back of a truck Steel plate in storage Iron ore, the fundamental ingredient of steel, needs to be reduced in blast furnace to remove it of impurities Steel rail in production View through row of hot-dip galvanised coils. Steel billet in production in the hot strip mill Close-up of hot slab in the continuous casting process Storage of rebar at NLMK Kaluga, the next-generation EAF mill (NLMK Group)