Production and Development of Large Blast Furnaces from 2011 to 2014 in China

Abstract

This article reviews the production and technical characteristics of the large blast furnaces in China. The reasons for low level development of large blast furnace in past decades were analyzed. It introduces the production, raw materials and operation indexes of large blast furnaces from 2011 to 2014. On this basis, some thoughts on operations of large blast furnace were proposed. The affected factors on the development of large blast furnace were analyzed, the conclusion that the number of large blast furnace in China will increase in future was obtained.