PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF A CERIA-BASED CATALYST USEFUL IN SYNGAS PRODUCTION

The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a cerium oxide catalyst doped with a metal having a reduced catalytic reduction temperature and a large reactive catalytic surface, making it particularly useful as a catalyst in the syngas production process from water and CO2 as well as in the steel industry, as it allows CO2 from the directly reduced iron production process (or DRI) to be converted into CO, the latter to be reused in the same process. The dopant metal is selected from copper, manganese and nickel.