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Add this glossy pic, and it might start making sense for a few.

Good work OM.
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Then add this glossy pic and ..................



Notice the elimination of the coke oven and sinter plant with the Matmor process.

STEEL INDUSTRY ROADMAP
As the global economy becomes steadily more competitive, the steel industry continually seeks new ways to stay at the forefront of manufacturing technology. It set forth the industry’s long term broad economic, energy, and environmental goals. Specifically, four critical areas in the need of research; process efficiency, recycling, environmental engineering, and product development are identified.
The steel industry has to identify its top R & D needs and if required to from cost shared research partnerships to develop the required technologies. For example, more than 40 steel experts representing the entire range of U.S. iron and steel companies participated in the development of The Steel Industry Technology Roadmap. The roadmap clearly identified the specific research and development in R & D areas that must be pursued if the steel industry is to achieve its economic, energy, and environmental goals. For each critical area defined in the vision document, the Technology Roadmap identifies the key technology barriers, discusses the trends driving technology development, summarizes the new and emerging technologies, and lists the most critical R & D needs. Detailed background information is provided each process or technology, and related issues are discussed at length.
It is undoubtedly an essential requirement that steel industry must confirm to adopt new technologies, techno economically attractive in order to remain a sustainable and competitive industry. Despite the capital intensity and longevity of its assets, the steel industry has witnessed an increasing amount of technology innovation in recent years. Steel is still in its relative infancy as a world material. During the last 25 years, 50 per cent of all steel were made and is likely to grow two fold within the next 25 years. Part of the, growth will be realized by improving the under utilized capacity and creation of new capacity to bridge the gap between deemed and supply. This will be de through improved technologies. It is to be noted that rate of technology innovation has been high as steel makers are motivated to reduce costs and improve quality. Technology of the steel industry may be classified into four broad groups as follows:

• radical and major technologies
• incremental technology
• regulatory technology
• developments from other industries

RADICAL TECHNOLOGY:
It refers to be a process modification that eliminates or replaces e or more of the current steel making processes or creates an entirely novel option for iron making and steel making. DR is thus a radical iron making change because it is an alternative to the traditional coke oven-blast furnace route. Direct steel making processes are radical changes because they combine several processes into a single reactor. Continuous casting is radical because it replaces ingot and stripping, reheating, and blooming mill operation. Rolling of powders to strip is also radical.
INCREMENTAL TECHNOLOGY:
Includes process modification that improve efficiency, increase production, improve product quality, or lower operating costs. Energy conservation measures and the recycling of waste materials fall into this category.
http://erusteel.nic.in/Content/Technological.aspx?menu_id=76

I can see Matmor falling into these 2 categories.

IMO......No doubts!