PCI coal definition

PCI coal means a coal used by steel makers for pulverized coal injection (PCI) into blast furnaces to use in combination with the coke used to produce steel. The use of PCI allows a steel maker to reduce the amount of coke needed in the steel making process.

Examples of PCI coal in a sentence

  • For economic reasons, however, customers often prefer to maintain a high rate of pulverised coal injection (>150kg/tHM), benefitting from the difference in market price of PCI coal and expensive coke.