. Recent progress in sustainable and energy-efficient ... 0000-00-0 · Iron ore sinter plants are energy-intensive components of integrated iron and steel production (see Table 0), where the iron ore fines (0 mm) lump sinter cakes with greater gas permeability, which are the most important burden materials for iron making in blast furnaces (BFs) [].The main process is shown in Fig. 0 and described in detail in previous studies E