MUMBAI, India, Feb. 21 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517009476 A) filed by Jfe Steel Corporation, Tokyo, on Feb. 5, for 'production method for reduced iron.'

Inventor(s) include Fujiwara Shohei; Takehara Kenta; Horita Kenya; Morita Yuya; Yamamoto Tetsuya; Higuchi Takahide; Hirosawa Toshiyuki; Iwami Yuji; and Igawa Daisuke.

The application for the patent was published on Feb. 21, under issue no. 08/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention proposes a production method for reduced iron that makes it possible to prevent clustering when a shaft furnace or a kiln furnace is used to reduce a reduction starting material by means of a reducing gas t...