KnowraDirect reduced ironLinked fromLinked fromThe 12 pages that link to Direct reduced iron, each with the reason it gives.All 12Broader topic 1Related 7Compared with 4Blast furnaceCompared with: It supplies iron without the furnace’s molten hot-metal route.Wrought ironCompared with: It is a modern solid-state iron product, not the slag-bearing, mechanically worked material called wrought iron.Pig ironCompared with: It can substitute for pig iron as a steelmaking feedstock but is made by another route.Steel recyclingCompared with: It supplies virgin iron units that can dilute residual elements in scrap-based steel.