Process for monitoring a pelletizing plant for green pellets of fine-grained ores, in which the humidity content of the green pellets is adjusted by adding water with consideration of the humidity content of the fine ores and humidified ores, together with optional additives, are charged to a travelling grate in an amount to form a layer and are hardened on the grate in a sintering zone by a heat treatment carried out by passing a process gas through the layer of pellets, said process gas having a process gas temperature and a process gas pressure, characterized in that the green pellets are charged onto the travelling grate and the permeability of the pellet layer is measured, in that the measured values for the permeability of the layer and a value for the humidity of the green pellets are supplied to a process calculator for monitoring the process on the basis of the process gas pressure, in that the sintering temperature is maintained constant, and in that the process is monitored by comparing the position of the sintering point on the travelling grate at the end of the sintering zone, as calculated on basis of the process gas pressure, with a nominal value for this position of the sintering point.