Iron ore fines that may contain DRI (C)
Mars Report 2013 The Nautical Institute has issued Mars Report No. 22 regarding Iron ore fines that may contain DRC(C). This report is edited from UK P&L Club LP Bulletin 859 - 12/12The process of manufacturing Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) from iron ore and the subsequent hot briquetting procedures generate unwanted by-products in the form of dust and broken chips during most of the stages. Some manufacturers recover these materials and offer them for shipment.In the 2009 edition of the IMSBC Code, such a material is listed as DIRECT REDUCED IRON (C) (By-product fines), and the definition of the material is based only on its production, particle size and density, without reference to the metallic iron or moisture content.Despite extensive publicity and in clear violation of regulations, shippers continue to use misleading names for patently DRI cargoes (e.g. re-oxidised iron fines, iron fines (blend), iron ore pellet chips, oxide fines, pond fines, sludge fines, remets, clarifier slush and dust, spent iron fines and lodos etc.). Other similar cargoes include DRI in the description, but are offered on the basis that they are not DRI (C) and therefore do not need to be carried in accordance with the DRI (C) Schedule ...
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