In this paper, self-characteristics (the room-temperature characteristics and the high-temperature characteristic) of iron ores used in sintering, such as chemical composition, size distribution, assimilation, liquid phase fluidity, self-strength of bonding phase, etc, were studied. Then, the principles of ore-proportioning optimization basing on self-characteristics of iron ore during sintering were proposed. Schemes of ore-proportioning optimization were designed and sinter pot test were carried out．Results of sinter pot confirmed the method of optimizing ore proportioning based on iron ore self-characteristics. This work provides good countermeasure for improving sinter quality and reducing sinter cost as soon as possible, under the condition of making full use of the existing iron ore resources.
