日本神户制钢公司旗下直接还原铁技术公司米德雷克斯(Midrex)日前做出预测称,天然气供应增加、碳排放限制促使联合钢铁企业转向热压块铁,全球直接还原铁产量可能在未来12～17年翻一番。米德雷克斯公司称,未来几年全球直接还原铁产量可能每年增加500～600万t,但新增直接还原铁/热压块铁产能建设项目意味着年产量将在2025年～2030年 Recently, Midrex, the direct-reduction iron technology company of Japan’s Kobe Steel Company, predicted that the increase in natural gas supply and carbon emission restrictions will push the joint steelmakers to switch to hot-pressed lumpy iron and the output of global direct-reduced iron may be in the future Twelve to twelve years. According to Midrex, the global direct reduced iron production may increase by 5 to 6 million tons per year in the next few years. However, the new direct iron / hot block iron capacity building project means annual production will be between 2025 and 2030