The Democratic Republic of the Congo possesses some of the world's most abundant mineral reserves, yet the domestic processing of ferroalloys often faces volatility due to logistics. The reliance on imported carbon raiser is high to stabilize the carbon content in local steel production, which is often hampered by humidity-driven oxidation during transport.
Climate conditions in the region, characterized by high rainfall and tropical humidity, place severe stress on the storage of graphitized petroleum coke. This leads to material degradation, necessitating the adoption of more stable, pre-treated materials to ensure consistent furnace performance and energy efficiency.
Current industrial hubs are transitioning from raw ore exportation to value-added smelting. However, the lack of local high-grade refining agents means that the quality of the final steel wire rod produced in regional mills depends heavily on the purity of the imported additives used in the smelting phase.
