Products

LKAB supplies customized iron ore products for blast furnaces and direct reduction.

   Pellets are sintered, centimeter-sized spheres of ore with a high iron content and uniform quality. LKAB produces two varieties of pellets: blast furnace pellets (BF pellets) and direct reduction pellets (DR pellets).

   Fines – or sinter fines – is a fine, iron-rich powder that must be sintered to larger pieces (lumps) before it can be used in the blast furnace. LKAB produces two very similar magnetite fines products, both of which are used in sintering plants.

   Products are developed in close collaboration with customers, using LKAB’s own experimental blast furnace, through technical customer service and with a thorough knowledge of customers’ processes.

   LKAB’s ore has high iron content and consists mainly of magnetite. It requires lower energy input during processing, which results in lower carbon dioxide emissions. It is therefore more environmentally friendly than other ores.