“…Applying bio-based materials in metallurgical processes greatly impacts the total costs, energy consumption, operation stability, and, ultimately, final product quality. It is well known in the literature that biomass can be used in cokemaking [ 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 ], iron ore sintering [ 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 ], iron ore pellets production [ 28 , 29 ], and ironmaking [ 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 ].…”