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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 Goodfellow, ArcelorMittal Dofasco to Collaborate on EAF Energy Project
23 February 2011 - Tenova Goodfellow has signed a contribution agreement with Sustainable Development Technology Canada to demonstrate the company’s proprietary “Next Gen Energy Efficiency Breakthrough Technology” System in collaboration with leading Canadian steel producer, ArcelorMittal Dofasco.
Posco and LanzaTech to Collaborate on Renewable Energy
21 February 2011 - Posco has signed a memorandum of understanding with LanzaTech for implementation of gas fermentation technology to convert the steelmaker’s flue gases to ethanol and other value-added products.
ArcelorMittal Ostrava Implements Unique Cleaning Car
15 February 2011 - ArcelorMittal’s Ostrava's facility in the Czech Republic recently implemented a unique cleaning car, sucking bulldozer GapVax 9000, to support cleaning of its premises.
Lakeside Steel Completes Removal of PCB Waste from Welland Site
01 February 2011 - Lakeside Steel Inc. has completed the removal of PCB materials previously stored onsite at the Welland, Ont., facility of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Lakeside Steel Corp.
NLMK Completes Installation of New Waste Neutralization Plant
31 January 2011 - NLMK has finished the installation of a new environmentally friendly industrial waste neutralization plant with the capacity to process 1200 tonnes of waste per annum. The neutralization process combines waste incineration with high-temperature thermal decomposition.
EPA, DOJ and Indiana Reach Proposed Settlement on Westville, Ind., Superfund Site
30 December 2010 - U.S. EPA Region 5, U.S. DOJ, Indiana DEM and the Office of the Indiana Attorney General have reached a proposed settlement with a group of 13 potentially responsible parties who will pay for and complete the final phase of cleanup at the Cam-Or Superfund site in Westville, Ind.
Outotec Launches New CO2 Removal Pilot Plant
20 December 2010 - Outotec has commissioned a new CO2 removal pilot plant at its R&D center in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, complementing the company's circulating fluidized bed (CFB) pilot plant.
Logan Aluminum to Resolve Allegations of Clean Air Act Violations
09 December 2010 - The Department of Justice, on behalf of the U.S. EPA, and the Commonwealth of Kentucky have filed a complaint and entered into a consent decree with Logan Aluminum Inc. to settle alleged violations of the Clean Air Act’s National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Secondary Aluminum Production occurring at the company’s Russellville, Ky., facility.
Court Reverses Power Siting Board Decision on Middletown Coke Facility
03 December 2010 - The Supreme Court of Ohio has reversed the Ohio Power Siting Board’s approval of siting for Middletown Coke Company’s proposed SunCoke Energy facility.
ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih Recognized for Environmental Excellence
22 November 2010 - ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih has won the award for ecological excellence in the national "Environmental Quality and Safety" competition as a result of several projects that improved the environmental performance of the company last year.
ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe Builds Dedusting System
17 November 2010 - ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe has begun a project in Duisburg that it says will reduce particulate emissions by 450 tonnes per year. The company is building an additional filter to capture sinter plant dust. Completion is scheduled for October 2011.
Evraz Creates Health, Safety and Environmental Committee
27 October 2010 - Evraz Group S.A. has established a Health, Safety and Environmental Committee of the Board of Directors—and has created the position of Vice President of Health, Safety and Environment—in an effort to increase the level of industrial safety, labor protection, and environmental care across its international operations.
Outokumpu Recognized for Climate Change Disclosure
25 October 2010 - Outokumpu has been commended by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) for its approach to climate change disclosure by being featured in CDP's "Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index" for the second time.
EPA Finishes Slag Cleanup at Kokomo Site
15 October 2010 - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has completed the cleanup of the former slag processing area of the Continental Steel Superfund site in Kokomo, Ind., two years ahead of schedule due to American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding. The cleanup effort was managed in consultation with Indiana Department of Environmental Management.
Severstal Sparrows Point Reduces Locomotive Emissions
15 October 2010 - Severstal Sparrows Point has completed a clean diesel project that will improve air quality by reducing idling emissions and by helping to increase the energy efficiency of the Sparrows Point switch locomotives.
Severstal Sparrows Point Initiates Renewable Energy Program
06 October 2010 - Severstal North America recently initiated a renewable energy program at its Sparrows Point facility in partnership with Renewable Energy Management of Baltimore, who will construct and operate a renewable energy facility that will produce renewable liquid fuel.
Posco Named Carbon-Performance Leader
04 October 2010 - Posco received overall good evaluations from the CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project) committee on carbon disclosure and reduction efforts, and was selected as a leader in carbon disclosure and carbon performance.
Tonawanda Coke Found by EPA to be Significant Source of Benzene
01 October 2010 - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had ordered Tonawanda Coke Corp. to conduct testing under government oversight to determine if the company is a major source of hazardous air pollutants under the federal Clean Air Act. Results showed that TCC does meet this definition and that the majority of benzene being emitted is coming from the process area.
voestalpine Stahl Named Klima:Aktiv Partner
30 September 2010 - voestalpine Stahl GmbH’s was made a klima:aktiv partner by Environmental Minister DI Niki Berlakovich in recognition of its contribution to CO2 emissions reduction: The company reduced CO2 emissions in a cutting unit area by 500 tonnes a year by optimizing its internal logistics.
Siemens Modernizes Qatar Steelworks
29 September 2010 - Siemens VAI Metals Technologies has won an order to modernize Qatar Steel Co.'s steelworks in Mesaieed, Qatar, with the goal of expanding billet production capacity by up to 30% while reducing specific consumption values and waste gas emissions.
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