“…The main components of BF dust are iron oxides, carbon, and a small amount of silicon, aluminum, calcium, magnesium oxides, and so on. In view of the valuable amounts of iron (total Fe of ∼40%) and carbon contents, BF dust can be regarded as an excellent secondary source and possibly reused as raw material in sintering plants. However, with the characteristics of fine particle size and zinc content, the utilization of BF dust in sintering process has long been difficult, because of the low gas permeability and the low removal efficiency for Zn from BF dust in the sintering process .…”