During pellet production, PERIDUR provides the
following:

	Excellent pellet growth behavior PERIDUR is insensitive to changes in iron ore mineralogy, as well as variations in blaine and moisture contents. This allows for consistently high production rates, limiting the variability in production rates and process conditions.
	Resistance to deformation PERIDUR pellets, though high in drop numbers are resistant to deformation, whether the deformation is caused by excessive steam build-up on the pellet surface or mechanical vibration during the induration process. The result is improved air flow through the pellet bed and higher production rates.
	Cleaner pellet surfaces PERIDUR has excellent moisture control and, as a result, the green pellets have a very smooth, clean surface. This aids the screening process, resulting in more uniform pellets and improved pressures in the drying zones of the furnace.

Benefits realized in steel-making processes include:

Higher fired pellet porosity and reducibility  PERIDUR is burned off during induration, leaving more porous pellets than those made with  bentonite. This implies that an improvement in reduction properties can be expected, leading to a substantial overall savings in the steel-making process.

Reduction in Pellet Silica   When PERIDUR is used to replace bentonite during pelletization, the silica levels in iron ore pellets can be incrementally reduced by as much as 0.5% (dependent upon the consumption of bentonite).  Lower silica levels in the iron ore pellets is especially important for DRI consumers, who have to offset silica gangue levels in the melt shop with fluxed additions in order to preserve refractory life.  Lower silica levels mean less flux, less energy, and a huge costs savings in DRI steel making processes