International Briquettes Holding is a world-class company that groups companies engaged in the production of briquettes to be used as raw material for steel mills. Its main clients are U.S. and European companies. IBH is consolidated with Venprecar, whose plant has an installed capacity of 815,000 MT per year, and since November 2004, it is also consolidated with Orinoco Iron, Operaciones RDI (former Fior plant) and Brifer, which latter company holds the intellectual property rights to the FINMET® technology.