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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.
Latest News
NLMK to Cut Sinter Plant Dust Emissions with Upgrade
05 December 2011 - NLMK is revamping the central dust collection systems at sintering machines Nos. 3 & 4 at Lipetsk. A new type of electrostatic precipitator by Alstom Power is expected to significantly reduce residual dust content in exhaust air.
Tata Steel to Upgrade Continuous Anneal Line for Energy Capture and Recycle
23 November 2011 - Tata Steel announced plans to invest in a waste heat recovery project at the Port Talbot Works Continuous Annealing Process Line.
Outokumpu Honored for Environmental Sustainability by DJ Sustainability Indexes
22 November 2011 - Outokumpu has maintained its membership for the fifth consecutive year in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI) - DJSI World and DJSI Europe.
Cliffs Natural Resources Reports on Sustainability Progress
04 November 2011 - Cliffs Natural Resources has released its third sustainability report, which provides a comprehensive look at Cliffs' business and describes the company's goals, progress and outcomes in four key areas of corporate responsibility: corporate governance, environment, community and economic value.
Mechel Launches Biochemical Cleansing Equipment at Mechel-Coke
28 October 2011 - Mechel OAO celebrated this week the launch of a biochemical cleaning facility to treat phenolic wastewater from Mechel-Coke OOO’s coke and chemicals production process.
ArcelorMittal Ostrava Completes Installation of Deduster System
25 October 2011 - ArcelorMittal Ostrava has completed the installation of a new deduster system at its sinter plant three months before the scheduled date. The investment will cut dust emissions from the Sinter Plant North to less than 20 mg/m3 (from the present 50 mg/m3).
Tata Steel Plans Further Investments at South Yorkshire
21 October 2011 - Tata Steel is investing an additional £4.5 million in its South Yorkshire operations to improve plant reliability and energy efficiency, reduce CO2 emissions, and boost production of high-value steel products.
Severstal to Reduce Emissions at Cherepovets Steel Mill
18 October 2011 - ОАО Severstal launched a major environmental project aimed at reducing atmospheric emissions at the Cherepovets Steel Mill. It signed an agreement with Siemens VAI Metals Technologies to supply and install a sophisticated system for capturing emissions from plant converters, to be installed over the next four years.
Tata Steel and Dutch Government Sign Green Deal
06 October 2011 - Tata Steel signed a new agreement with the Government in the Netherlands committing Tata Steel’s IJmuiden plant to further improvements in its sustainability performance. The three Green Deal projects will be carried out in IJmuiden’s blast furnaces, steel meltshop, and wide hot strip mill.
ArcelorMittal Offers Tour of Secondary Dedusting Project in Argentina
03 October 2011 - Members of the Environment Office of the Province of Santa Fe, Argentina, recently visited ArcelorMittal’s Villa Constitución plant to learn more about its environmental project aimed at improving the efficiency of the canopy hoods and filters in the EAFs.
ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih Restarts Overhauled Sinter Machine
27 September 2011 - PJSC ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih recently put into operation the overhauled sinter machine #5 in its steel production sinter shop.
EPA Recognizes Nucor Jewett for Environmental Stewardship
21 September 2011 - The EPA recognizes Nucor Steel’s Jewett, Texas, facility for its achievements in reducing mercury and lead as part of its participation in the EPA’s National Partnership for Environmental Priorities.
NLMK Commences Hot Tests at New Cogeneration Plant
08 September 2011 - NLMK’s new 150-MW Recovery Cogeneration Plant has started receiving and processing BF gas from Blast Furnace No. 7 currently being hot tested. With the new plant, Novolipetsk’s (NLMK’s Lipetsk site) generation capacity will increase by 45% to 482 MW.
NLMK to Increase Power Generation Using By-Product Gases
01 September 2011 - NLMK announced plans to increase its use of by-product fuel gases from metallurgical processes at the main Novolipetsk site in Lipetsk by the end of the year.
Harsco, LanzaTech Enter Strategic Alliance for Processing Waste Gases
22 August 2011 - Harsco and LanzaTech have signed a strategic alliance to promote the capture and reuse of steel mill flue gases as low-cost, zero-carbon ethanol.
Enviance to Provide Environmental System for ArcelorMittal USA
17 August 2011 - ArcelorMittal USA has selected Enviance, Inc.’s cloud-based software to manage data for air emissions, greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory, material safety data sheets (MSDS), water and waste.
Tata Steel Provides Steel Plate for Innovative Wave Energy Device
12 August 2011 - Tata Steel has supplied steel manufactured in Scunthorpe and Motherwell to a pioneering wave energy device developed by Aquamarine Power that is capable of generating 800kW of electricity.
Novolipetsk Reduces Environmental Footprint
21 July 2011 - NLMK has upgraded its aspiration system in the refractory shop at Lipetsk to improve the efficiency of its gas cleaning equipment to the level of best available technologies.
EPA and DEC Report Progress at Tonawanda Coke
21 July 2011 - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced progress in their agencies’ investigation of the Tonawanda Coke Corp. and launched a new community-wide effort to reduce pollution.
EPA Fines Tenaris Global Services for Environmental Reporting Violations
19 July 2011 - Tenaris Global Services, (USA) Corp. has agreed to pay $717,324 in civil penalties to settle violations of environmental regulations at seven facilities.
