“…In Russia, the overall production of agglomerated iron-ore raw materials exceeds 100 Mtpa, of which the production of iron-ore pellets is over 40 Mtpa [3]. In addition, over the period from 2015 to 2018 the overall production of iron-ore pellets in Russia increased by more than 10 Mpta due to start-up of Induration Machine No.3 at Mikhailovsky GOK (Zheleznogorsk) and Induration Machine No.3 at Stoilensky GOK (Stary Oskol) [4,5].…”