POSCO Port Hedland Iron Project
announcedDRI–EAF route · Boodarie Strategic Industrial Area, Asia Pacific, Australia
GEM wikiPOSCO Port Hedland Iron Project produces direct reduced iron by direct reduction — solid metallic iron made by reducing ore below its melting point — a feedstock for electric steelmaking. Its main products are hbi.
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How direct reduction works
The process behind this plant, explained from first principles.
Process Route
Timeline
Capacity (ttpa)
DRI
12,000
Pelletising
700
Iron Units
Inputs & Energy
Power renewable energy project in Pilbara with Engie (it will be powered entirely with renewables by 2050)
Iron ore Pilbara iron ore
Steel Products
HBI
Ownership
Owner Port Hedland Iron Pty Ltd
Parent POSCO Holdings Inc [100.0%]
Workforce 400 employees
State ownership Partial
Country Context
Australia crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
Learn the processes this plant uses
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Location
Boodarie Strategic Industrial Area
Asia Pacific
Australia
-20.3958°, 118.5380°
At a Glance
- Route
- DRI–EAF
- Commissioned
- 2028
- Products
- Crude