Pig iron is used for steel making, Foundries, Alloy making, in automotive castings and other iron based castings.

What can pig iron be used for?

Pig iron is a solid form of hot metal, obtained from iron ore or scrap recycling, and it is processed with blast furnace or electric arc furnace. Pig iron is used as a raw material for iron steel making and most of this material was imported.

What is the purpose of using pig iron in steelmaking?

Basic oxygen steelmaking is a method of primary steelmaking in which carbon-rich molten pig iron (the iron created in the blast furnace) is made into steel. Blowing oxygen through molten pig iron lowers the carbon content of the alloy and changes it into low-carbon steel.