MUMBAI, India, May 9 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517012060 A) filed by Binding Solutions Ltd., Middlesbrough, U.K., on Feb. 12, for 'a method for producing a pellet.'

Inventor(s) include Joyce, Richard; and Hunter, James.

The application for the patent was published on May 9, under issue no. 19/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A method of producing a pellet, which may comprise the steps of: mixing an organic binder with water to form an organic hydrogel binder; mixing the hydrogel with a particulate substrate selected from a metal ore, metal ore containing waste, metal fines, iron residue, iron filings, mineral waste, carbonaceous material, arc furnace...