!!!Corex%C2%AE Corex%%sup ®/%, new process developed by the VOEST-Alpine AG ( VOEST, Vereinigte Oesterreichische Eisen- und Stahlwerke AG) for low-cost environmentally sensitive production of crude iron directly from carbon and iron ore. In this process a fusion carburettor is used instead of a conventional blast furnace, the iron ore is processed in a reduction shaft and carbonising and sintering plants have become superfluous. The first C. plant was opened in Pretoria (South Africa) in 1989. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Corex®|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]