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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Harsco Looks to Offer New Recycling Technologies Through Partnership
13 March 2017 - Mill contractor Harsco Corp. plans to introduce the mills it services to new wastewater and recycling technologies through a partnership with a U.K. firm specializing in water treatment.
Swedish Government Allocates Funding to Carbon-Free Steelmaking Research
27 February 2017 - The Swedish Energy Agency has agreed to contribute an additional SEK56 million toward a four-year research initiative that will explore hydrogen’s potential as a carbon-free steelmaking input.
A New Use for Slag? Dutch Researchers Think They Might Have One.
05 December 2016 - Researchers at a Dutch university are undertaking a four-year research project that will explore whether it’s possible, or even feasible, to use slag as an alternative to cement.
ArcelorMittal Joins Cross-Industry Partnership Aimed at Lowering Carbon Emissions
17 November 2016 - ArcelorMittal and three other manufacturers have formed a partnership that will explore how the steel, chemicals and cement businesses could together reduce carbon dioxide emissions generated through operations, the steelmaker announced Thursday.
UAE Switches on Carbon Capture Plant
07 November 2016 - Abu Dhabi has launched what is being described as the world’s first commercial carbon-capture facility tied to a steel mill.
Filter Maker, Baghouse Contractors Enter Strategic Alliance
03 November 2016 - The maker of GORE-TEX fabric and two leading baghouse services contractors have formed a strategic alliance around a new filter bag designed specifically for the steel and metals industries, the companies have announced.
More Than 2 Years in the Making, voestalpine's U.S. HBI Plant Opens
26 October 2016 - voestalpine officially opened its US$740 million direct reduction plant in Corpus Christi, Texas, on Wednesday, marking the end of work on a project that is corporate Austria’s largest-ever U.S. investment and one that will help the company reduce its carbon footprint.
Canadian Researchers Getting Close to Start of Pilot-Scale Coke Oven
20 October 2016 - The Canadian Carbonization Research Association’s pilot-scale energy recovery coke oven is about 70 to 75 percent complete and is scheduled to start up sometime in January or February, according to CanmetENERGY’s Louis Giroux.
Europe's Steel Industry Urges EU Leaders to Toughen Trade Measures
17 October 2016 - Nearly six dozen of Europe’s top steel executives have called upon European Union leaders to support measures that would protect the industry from unfair competition.
Steelmaker Completes Improvements to Furnace Emissions System
26 September 2016 - Italy’s Acciaierie Bertoli Safau SpA has upgraded its emissions treatment capabilities, adding a system to better control the release of dioxins.
Fill 'Er Up: Steel Mills Might One Day Become the Gas Stations for Commercial Jets
16 September 2016 - A U.S. company that is developing technology to convert carbon-based waste gasses into biofuels and chemicals says it has produced 1,500 gallons of jet fuel from steel mill emissions.
Tata Steel Initiates Exports of New Iron Product
24 August 2016 - Tata Steel said its new Kalinganagar steel works in India shipped its first export batch of an alternative iron product called Tata Ferroshots.
Cliffs Reaches Long-Term Power Deal for Michigan Mine
16 August 2016 - Cliffs Natural Resources Inc.’s Tilden Mining division has signed a long-term power supply agreement with WEC Energy Group, the iron ore miner has announced.
Scientist Suggests a New Steelmaking Ingredient: Used Tires
10 August 2016 - A scientist at the University of New South Wales in Australia says she has come up with a new use for old tires: grind them up and inject them as carbon into electric arc furnaces.
Italian Steelmaker Adding Waste-Heat Recovery System to EAF
07 June 2016 - Italy’s Acciaieria Arvedi is installing a waste-heat recovery system at its Arvedi facility in Cremona, according to a supplier on the project.
New Cooling Stack On Order for Pilot Process Plant
24 May 2016 - A German plant engineering firm is building a new and larger gas cooling section for the Hlsarna steelmaking process pilot plant in the Netherlands, the company has announced.
Voestalpine Commissions New Sound-Based Monitoring System
14 April 2016 - Austria’s voestalpine has installed a new acoustic-based monitoring system at a secondary dedusting plant at its Linz mill, the vendor on the project has announced.
American Industries Bought Less Electricity in 2015, Says EIA
14 March 2016 - For the fifth year in the past eight, U.S. electricity sales have fallen, with declining industrial demand partly to blame, according the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
As Power Prices Rise and Steel Prices Fall, ArcelorMittal Considers Future of South African Mill
04 February 2016 - ArcelorMittal’s South African division said it expects to record a headline loss of 1,250 cents per share in 2015 and is rethinking its investment in its ultrathin hot rolled coil mill along the country’s west coast.
Uttam Galva, POSCO Ink Technology-Sharing Agreement for Indian Joint Venture
29 December 2015 - India’s Uttam Galva Group has signed an agreement to incorporate POSCO’s steelmaking technology in their proposed joint venture plant in Maharashtra, reports The Hindu BusinessLine newspaper.
