Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Energy use and conservation, the environment and sustainability as it relates to the steel industry.
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Investment Firm Unveils Plans for Green Steel Mill in Sweden
24 February 2021 - A Swedish venture is lining up capital funding for a fossil-free, 5-million-metric-tons-per-year steel plant to be built in the country’s Norrbotten region, it announced on Tuesday.
Using Existing Tech, Kobe Steel Makes Big Carbon Reductions in BF Trial
18 February 2021 - Kobe Steel Ltd. was able to significantly lower carbon dioxide emissions from a blast furnace by packing it with hot-briquetted iron and managing furnace operations with AI tools, the company has reported.
ArcelorMittal Starts Coke Oven Gas Injections in Spanish Blast Furnace
18 February 2021 - ArcelorMittal Asturias has modified a blast furnace the B blast furnace at its Gijón, Spain, plant, equipping it to consume hydrogen-rich coke oven gas.
Consortium to Research Metals Decarbonization Tech
17 February 2021 - A Finnish consortium that includes metals producers has launched a research effort intended to develop decarbonization technologies for the industry.
Primetals Technologies Receives Final OK on New Gas Cleaning System
09 February 2021 - China’s Changzhou Eastran Special Steel Co. Ltd. has issued the final acceptance certificate on a newly installed gas cleaning system that serves its two basic oxygen converters.
thyssenkrupp Sees Successful Hydrogen Test on Blast Furnace
04 February 2021 - thyssenkrupp has successfully completed an initial round of hydrogen injection testing on one of its blast furnaces in Duisburg, Germany, and is preparing for a second phase of experimentation.
ArcelorMittal Signs MOU for Biogas Project
29 January 2021 - ArcelorMittal will partner with a company that specializes in pyrolysis to build a biogas production plant in Europe, the steelmaker announced Friday.
Cleveland-Cliffs Commits to 25% Reduction in Carbon Emissions
28 January 2021 - Iron ore miner and steelmaker Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. is targeting a 25% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and will explore a potential carbon capture project at its Burns Harbor plant.
Tenaris Coating Booth Improvements Lead to Major Reduction in VOC Emissions
19 January 2021 - Tenaris’ seamless tube mill in Bay City, Texas, says it has eliminated 98% of the volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from the facility’s coating booth.
French Plate Mill Receives Support for Furnace Modernization
18 January 2021 - Dillinger Group subsidiary Dillinger France has received a grant from the French government that will help it reduce CO2 emissions.
Blue Hydrogen Has a Role to Play in Decarbonization, thyssenkrupp Says
14 January 2021 - Natural gas can be a viable intermediate source of clean hydrogen for thyssenkrupp Steel Europe's Duisburg mill in Germany, but the German and European Union governments need to put a regulatory framework in place before any investments along those lines can be made, the steelmaker has concluded.
Tenaris Lays Plans for Italian Hydrogen Electrolyzer
11 January 2021 - Tenaris and two other companies will work together on a project to bring hydrogen-based steelmaking to Tenaris’ Dalmine facility in Italy.
Commercial Metals Co. Is Burning Daylight
17 December 2020 - Commercial Metals Company’s original micro-mill in Mesa, Ariz., USA, is now being powered in part by electricity generated from 100-megawatt solar array, the company reports.
Tata Steel Plans Environmental Investments in IJmuiden Plant
11 December 2020 - Tata Steel Europe has unveiled a EUR300 million plan to reduce emissions at its IJmuiden plant in the Netherlands.
Engineering Firm Contracted for Tata Steel Carbon Capture Project
19 November 2020 - Tata Steel has awarded a pre-front-end engineering design contract to multi-national engineering and construction firm McDermott International Ltd. for its North Sea carbon capture project.
Nucor Enters Solar Power Agreement
16 November 2020 - Nucor Corp. has signed a virtual power purchase agreement for 250 megawatts’ worth of solar energy produced in Texas, the steelmaker has announced.
Salzgitter Adds Green Steel to Product Lineup
13 November 2020 - Salzgitter AG has begun producing low-CO2 slabs, allowing the steelmaker to offer a green strip steel to customers.
The Race is On For Greener Steelmaking
29 October 2020 - The global steel industry’s primary challenge over the next few decades is climate change, and it must rapidly develop new technological solutions, several industry leaders said during Fastmarkets AMM’s annual Steel Success Strategies conference.
ArcelorMittal Europe Launches Sales of Green Steel
15 October 2020 - ArcelorMittal Europe said it will have produced 30,000 metric tons of commercially viable green steel this year, a first step on its way to becoming a carbon neutral producer.
Report: EU Drafting Carbon Tax on Steel Imports
13 October 2020 - The European Commission is working on a plan to impose a carbon tax on imported steel, cement and electricity, reports the Reuters news service.
