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Electrode Consumption, Revisited

Sep 14, 2026

Thirteen issues on, kg/t looks like a regulation number wearing a consumables badge.

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Charge Mix Under Price Swings

Sep 7, 2026

Your scrap-DRI ratio is a perishable position. Most shops revisit it quarterly; prices move weekly.

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Carbon in DRI Is Not a Contaminant

Aug 31, 2026

No ash, no sulfur, no moisture, already in the pellet. Half the industry prices it like dirt.

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The Hot Heel Argument

Aug 24, 2026

The iron you don't tap isn't lost production. It's the hardest-working tonnage in the shop.

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The Most Expensive Minute in the Shop

Aug 17, 2026

The costliest minute is the one nobody logged. The second is the one cut from the wrong place.

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Foaming Slag Is a Financial Instrument

Aug 10, 2026

You pay a premium in carbon and oxygen. The payout is kWh, panel life, and electrodes. Most shops never check whether the trade is in the money.

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Where the kWh Actually Go

Aug 3, 2026

Four kWh in ten never reach the steel. The balance says which four — and which are worth chasing.

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The Iron You Already Paid For Is in the Slag Pot

Jul 27, 2026

One point of metallic yield is $3-4 per tonne of liquid steel. FeO in the slag is where it goes.

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The Two Numbers on the DRI Cert

Jul 20, 2026

Metallization and carbon decide your heat before the first kWh — most shops never read them.

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The Real Cost of an Hour Off-Power

Jul 13, 2026

An hour off-power doesn't cost you its kWh. It costs you the tonnes you'd have made in it.

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