外刊报道，据日本神户制钢所下属的技术企业米德雷克斯直接还原公司介绍，随着业界对直接还原炼铁技术的兴趣越来越浓厚，到2005年，世界直接还原炼钢（DRI）总产量将增加一倍以上．该公司介绍说，虽然1996年DRI总产量只略微增加，但达成了大量的合约，今后几年产量势必迅速增 According to reports in the Foreign Press, according to the technical reorganization of Midrex, a technology company subordinate to the Kobe Steel Institute of Japan, the industry’s interest in direct reduction of ironmaking technology has become more and more intense. By 2005, the world’s direct reduction of steelmaking ( DRI) The total output will more than double. The company said that despite a slight increase in total production of DRI in 1996, a large number of contracts have been reached, and production will increase rapidly in the next few years.