DRI Plant Using Iranian Tech Becomes Operational in China

Iran has launched the first indigenous direct reduced iron (DRI) plant in China. 
MME (Mines and Metals Engineering GmbH), an Iranian engineering company registered in Germany, designed, implemented and set up the first DRI production plant in the world's largest steel producer using the "Persian Reduction" method, or PERED.
China, which ranks first in the world in steel production, mainly produces the energy-intensive DRI by blast furnace method, but the country is using Iranian technical and engineering know-how for overcoming environmental challenges. 
DRI, also known as sponge iron, is produced from direct reduction of iron ore in the form of lumps, pellets or fines by a reducing gas. It can be processed to create wrought iron.
Crude steel is dominantly produced using two methods: making cast iron in blast furnaces or using DRI and scrap in electric arc furnaces.