sentences:  HBI is a form of direct reduced iron that can be used as an alternative to scrap iron.When used as a feedstock, HBI can enable an EAF to produce more valuable grades of steel.Cliffs expects its 1.9 million tons of HBI to partially replace the over 3 million metric tons of ore-based metallics that are imported into the Great Lakes region every year from Russia, Ukraine, Brazil and Venezuela, as well as nearly 20 million metric tons of scrap used in the Great Lakes area every year.