Method for a combined integrated charcoal pyrolysis metallurgical plant process

A method for operating a combined integrated charcoal pyrolysis metallurgical plant, including a pyrolysis reactor and a metallurgical plant, comprising: - feeding the pyrolysis reactor with a dry raw carbon-rich feedstock; - pyrolyzing said dry raw carbon-rich feedstock to produce charcoal and pyrolysis gas; - operating the metallurgical plant wherein the charcoal is introduced as fuel and/or reducing agent and/or carburizing agent and/or slag foaming agent into the metallurgical plant; and - treating at least part of the pyrolysis gas as a first stream in a reformer in the presence of oxygen bearing components, preferably air, O2, CO2 and/or H2O, to form an enhanced pyrolysis gas rich in H2 and CO; and wherein the enhanced pyrolysis gas is transported through the combined integrated charcoal pyrolysis metallurgical plant to be valorized, in particular to be further used as a fuel gas, as a reducing gas and/or as a carburization gas.