According to Outokumpu, the Kemi mine in Finland aims to achieve carbon neutrality through three primary actions: halting the use of fossil fuel, utilizing low-emissions electricity, and replacing natural and propane gas in heating.

To those ends, the company said it will begin using renewable diesel made from raw materials such as used cooking oil and animal fat from food industry waste. The renewable diesel will power machines, trains and alternative power sources in the Kemi mine and the company’s Tornio steel mill as well as in the transports between the mine and the mill.

“As a first step, we switch to renewable fuels and aim to identify all possibilities to decrease emissions from the entire value chain – to get as close to zero in our total emissions as possible. We are also studying the opportunities for compensating the remaining emissions in our value chain that cannot be otherwise reduced with current technology,” said Heidi Peltonen, Outokumpu’s vice president of sustainability.