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Energy, Environment & Sustainability
News items focusing on evolving technologies and steps taken to create a sustainable industry and minimize environmental impact.
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Tenova Awarded Contract for Intelligent Waste Heat Recovery Systems
23 September 2019 - China’s Tangshan Zhengfeng Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. recently placed a follow-on order with Tenova for three of its iRecovery® intelligent waste heat recovery systems, the equipment supplier reports.
thyssenkrupp Receives Approval of Climate Targets
11 September 2019 - Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) confirmed that with this approval, thyssenkrupp is also acting in line with the goals established at the 2015 Paris climate conference.
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.
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.
Danieli Receives Additional Order Tied to Sheet Mill Overhaul
04 June 2019 - Nucor Corp. has contracted Danieli to build a new emissions control system for its Gallatin sheet mill, a follow-on order arising from the steelmaker’s overhaul of the Kentucky facility.
Turkish Plant Upgrades Environmental Controls
09 April 2019 - Turkey’s Karabük Demir Celik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. has equipped the sinter plants at its iron and steel works with new offgas cleaning systems, reports the equipment supplier, Primetals Technologies.
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.
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.
Salzgitter Sets Partnership to Produce Green Hydrogen
01 November 2018 - Salzgitter has signed a cooperation agreement with two other businesses to build a wind-powered hydrogen electrolysis plant.
Project Aims to Improve Energy Recovery at Cogen Plant
08 August 2018 - A Polish cogeneration plant is installing a pair of energy recovery turbines in between blast furnace flues and the cogen plant itself, essentially putting the exhaust gases to work twice.
Nucor Lays Bet on New Electroplating Process
27 July 2018 - Nucor Corp. is investing in a start-up company developing a chrome-plating process that substitutes toxic hexavalent chromium for a trivalent chromium, its safer form.
ArcelorMittal Begins Work on Waste Gas Conversion Plant
11 June 2018 - ArcelorMittal and a Chicago-based company that has developed technology to transform industrial waste gases into ethanol have broken ground on a plant at the steelmaker’s facility in Ghent, Belgium.
voestalpine Marks the Start of Work on Hydrogen Plant
23 April 2018 - voestalpine has launched construction of a pilot-scale hydrogen electrolysis plant, a project that it hopes will pave the way for a carbon-free steelmaking.
JFE Steel Chooses Supplier for New Gas Scrubber
27 February 2018 - Japan’s JFE Steel has placed an order with Primetals Technologies for a dry-gas scrubber to serve a new sintering plant at its Fukuyama works.
SSAB Converts Mill Furnace to LNG
28 November 2017 - SSAB will begin burning liquefied natural gas (LNG) instead of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in the walking beam furnace at its Raahe strip mill, the company said.
EUROFER: Material Life Cycle Costs Should Be a Part of Vehicle Emissions Standards
05 September 2017 - The European Steel Association (EUROFER) is calling on EU officials to account for the life cycle carbon costs of materials in drafting new rules for vehicle emissions.
Construction of NLMK Oxide Recovery Plant Underway
30 August 2017 - Russia’s NLMK Group has begun construction of a RUB2.8 billion (US$47.8 million) waste oxide briquetting plant at its Lipetsk facility, the company said Wednesday.
Primetals Technologies Forms Alliance with Filter Plant Manufacturer
30 June 2017 - Primetals Technologies and Austria’s Kappa Filter Systems have struck up a partnership to develop and sell de-dusting systems for iron and steel plants, the companies have announced.
A Researcher's Dirty Idea Wins Tata Group Recognition
06 June 2017 - A U.K. researcher has been recognized by the Tata Group for her work on developing a corrosion-resistant steel coating that is derived from soil bacteria.
