{"id":509,"date":"2026-02-11T18:19:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T14:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maps-co.com\/en\/?post_type=products&#038;p=509"},"modified":"2026-02-12T01:26:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T21:56:47","slug":"hot-briquetted-iron-hbi","status":"publish","type":"products","link":"https:\/\/www.maps-co.com\/en\/products\/hot-briquetted-iron-hbi\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot Briquetted Iron (HBI)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">Hot Briquetted Iron (HBI): How to Produce, Types and Applications <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Briquetted iron is produced from direct reduced iron(DRI) in the process of producing briquettes and is widely used in most of steel plants worldwide. Briquetting process is categorized into two groups according to the temperature of the DRI entering briquetting machine, hot briquetting and cold briquetting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In cold briquetting process, raw materials are entered into briquetting machine in ambient temperature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HBI is produced in the process of briquetting from hot direct reduced iron (HDRI) and in the temperatures above 650 degrees Celsius and is the easiest and safest production of DRI in the case of transportation around the world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maps-co.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hot-Briquetted-Iron-HBI--768x1024.webp\" alt=\"Stacked Hot Briquetted Iron (HBI).\" class=\"wp-image-511\" style=\"width:auto;height:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maps-co.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hot-Briquetted-Iron-HBI--768x1023.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.maps-co.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hot-Briquetted-Iron-HBI--225x300.webp 225w, https:\/\/www.maps-co.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hot-Briquetted-Iron-HBI--1153x1536.webp 1153w, https:\/\/www.maps-co.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hot-Briquetted-Iron-HBI--1537x2048.webp 1537w, https:\/\/www.maps-co.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hot-Briquetted-Iron-HBI-.webp 1921w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Hot Briquetted Iron (HBI) Specifications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<table dir=\"ltr\" style=\"max-width: 600px; height: 187px; width: 100%; background-image: url('https:\/\/www.maps-co.com\/newdesign\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/maps-co-watermark-bg-logo.png'); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: center center; border-collapse: collapse;\" border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n  <tbody>\n    <tr>\n      <td style=\"border: 1px solid black; background-color: #ffffff; text-align: center;\" data-celllook=\"69905\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-723\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maps-co.com\/newdesign\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/maps-co-logo-small.png\" alt=\"Mehr Azin Pouya Sahand(MAPS)\" width=\"200\" height=\"61\" \/><\/td>\n      <td style=\"border: 1px solid black; background-color: rgba(146, 146, 146, 0.45); text-align: center;\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"2\" data-celllook=\"69905\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Hot Briquetted Iron (HBI)<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td style=\"border: 1px solid black; background-color: rgba(146, 146, 146, 0.45); text-align: center;\" data-celllook=\"69905\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Properties <\/span><\/b><\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td style=\"border: 1px solid black; text-align: center;\" data-celllook=\"69905\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Weight (kg)<\/span><\/td>\n      <td style=\"border: 1px solid black; text-align: center;\" data-celllook=\"69905\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">0.5 ~ 1.5 <\/span><\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td style=\"border: 1px solid black; text-align: center;\" data-celllook=\"69905\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Apparent Density (g\/cm<\/span><sup>3<\/sup><span data-contrast=\"none\"> )<\/span><\/td>\n      <td style=\"border: 1px solid black; text-align: center;\" data-celllook=\"69905\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">&gt;5.0<\/span><\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td style=\"border: 1px solid black; text-align: center;\" data-celllook=\"69905\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Bulk Density (MT\/m<\/span><sup>3<\/sup><span data-contrast=\"none\"> )<\/span><\/td>\n      <td style=\"border: 1px solid black; text-align: center;\" data-celllook=\"69905\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">2.88<\/span><\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td style=\"border: 1px solid black; text-align: center;\" colspan=\"1\" data-celllook=\"69905\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Size (mm)<\/span><\/td>\n      <td style=\"border: 1px solid black; text-align: center;\" data-celllook=\"69905\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Length: 90 \u2013 130\n        <\/span><br><span data-contrast=\"none\">Width: 48 \u2013 110\n        <\/span><br><span data-contrast=\"none\">Thickness: 20 \u2013 50 <\/span><\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td style=\"border: 1px solid black; text-align: center;\" data-celllook=\"69905\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Main Chemical Elements<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n      <td style=\"border: 1px solid black; text-align: center;\" data-celllook=\"69905\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Fe (Total): 85.0 \u2013 86.0 %<\/span><br><span data-contrast=\"none\">\n          Fe (Metallic): 80 % Min\n        <\/span><br><span data-contrast=\"none\">Metallization: 93.0 % Min\n        <\/span><br><span data-contrast=\"none\">Gangue: 6 % Max<\/span><br><span data-contrast=\"none\">\n          S: 0.01 % Max\n        <\/span><br><span data-contrast=\"none\">C: 0.4 \u2013 0.6 %<\/span><\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n  <\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"755\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maps-co.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hot-Briquetted-Iron-HBI-1-1-1024x755.webp\" alt=\"Stacked Hot Briquetted Iron (HBI).\" class=\"wp-image-512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maps-co.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hot-Briquetted-Iron-HBI-1-1-1024x755.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.maps-co.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hot-Briquetted-Iron-HBI-1-1-300x221.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.maps-co.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hot-Briquetted-Iron-HBI-1-1-768x566.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.maps-co.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hot-Briquetted-Iron-HBI-1-1-1536x1133.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.maps-co.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hot-Briquetted-Iron-HBI-1-1.webp 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":510,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-509","products","type-products","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-products"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maps-co.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/products\/509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maps-co.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/products"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maps-co.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/products"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maps-co.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maps-co.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maps-co.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maps-co.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}