Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Energy use and conservation, the environment and sustainability as it relates to the steel industry.
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Rio Tinto Partners with Chinese Steelmaker, University on Reducing Carbon Emissions
25 September 2019 - Iron ore miner Rio Tinto on Wednesday agreed to work with China Baowu Steel Group and China’s Tsinghua University to develop ways to reduce carbon emissions and improve the steel industry’s environmental performance.
ArcelorMittal Joins Carbon Sequestration Project
11 September 2019 - The world’s largest steelmaker has joined a project that will explore carbon capture and storage in Europe.
Slag Heaps Can Help Sequester Carbon Dioxide, Researchers Say
11 September 2019 - With a little bit of management, slag heaps could offer steelmakers a convenient and inexpensive way to capture carbon and offset emissions, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Leeds.
U.K. Establishes Funds to Support Steel Decarbonization
29 August 2019 - The U.K. government is allocating GBP350 million (US$426.9 million) to two funds that will support efforts to decarbonize its steel industry and scale up production of hydrogen.
NLMK Opens Gas Recovery Plant
15 July 2019 - NLMK Group has put a RUB4.6 billion (US$73.4 million) by-products recovery plant into service at its Lipetsk site in Russia, the steelmaker has said.
ArcelorMittal Progresses on New Steel CSR Certification
24 June 2019 - ArcelorMittal said Monday that it expects to launch its new corporate social responsibility certification by the end of the year.
Vale to Increase Dry Processing Capabilities
14 May 2019 - Brazilian iron ore miner Vale said it will invest the equivalent of US$2.5 billion over the next five years to expand its use of “dry” ore processing.
Salzgitter, Tenova to Collaborate on New DRI-EAF Production Route
04 April 2019 - Salzgitter AG and Tenova have agreed to work together on a project that eventually will shift Salzgitter’s production route away from blast furnaces.
Chinese Province Plans Steel Capacity Cuts
07 March 2019 - China’s northern steelmaking province of Hebei plans to lop 14 million metric tons of capacity this year and next in a bid to improve air quality, reports the Reuters news service.
U.K. Steel Industry Unites Behind GBP35 Million Research Effort
14 February 2019 - More than 20 U.K. universities and steel industry representatives have organized a seven-year, GBP35 million research initiative that aims to make the country’s steel industry carbon neutral and to introduce more data-driven processes to steelmaking.
Steel Has an Important Role in Fighting Climate Change, Building Circular Economy, Says World Steel Director
30 January 2019 - Steel has an important role to play in the development of modern society, but if it is to remain a material of choice, then the industry needs to better make that case to the public, said the director general of the World Steel Association.
Researchers Take a Step Forward in Creating Circular Carbon Economy
14 January 2019 - thyssenkrupp’s Carbon2Chem project has reached a technical milestone, successfully converting mill off-gases into ammonia at a research center in Duisburg, Germany, project leaders have announced.
Russian Researchers Start Up Novel Iron Recovery Furnace
26 December 2018 - A Russian technical university and an industry partner have fired up a pilot-scale furnace designed to recover iron and other metals from industrial and municipal solid wastes.
Mittal Calls for Green Tax on Steel Imported Into Europe
11 December 2018 - ArcelorMittal executives on Tuesday said Europe ought to tax imported steel under the terms of its Emissions Trading System as a way to prod foreign producers into reducing emissions and maintain a level playing field for domestic producers.
Here's China's Next Big Pollution Battle: Slag Piles
11 December 2018 - China has been trying to crack down on air pollution generated by its steel industry. Now, it’s targeting another type of pollution created by the mills – the thousands of slag piles that dot the country.
ArcelorMittal Plant Turns Old Stoves to Steel Bike Racks
05 December 2018 - ArcelorMittal Poland’s Kraków plant is participating in a local civic program intended to promote cycling and cleaner air.
Swedish JV Picks Tenova Technology for Planned Hydrogen-Based DRI Plant
03 October 2018 - A joint venture that is building a pilot-scale, hydrogen-based steel mill has selected Tenova to supply key components for the facility’s direct-reduction plant.
China Eliminates Wintertime Production Restrictions
02 October 2018 - China is doing away with centrally mandated, wintertime production curtailments that were meant to reduce air pollution during the winter heating season.
China Might Again Order Steel Production Cuts
03 August 2018 - China is drafting its emissions-reductions measures for the coming winter heating season and may require steel mills in six major steel cities to curtail production by 50%, according to the Reuters news service.
China Takes a New Tack on Air Pollution Reduction
23 July 2018 - China plans to set varying production cuts among its steel mills as it adopts a more tailored approach to reducing air pollution, reports the Reuters news service.
