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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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.
ArcelorMittal Ostrava Invests in Screens to Reduce Noise in Bartovice
27 September 2010 - Four anti-noise screens separate the marshaling yard from the residential zone at Bartovice, erected along the railway track where trains are marshaled and transferred to the ArcelorMittal Ostrava railway siding. The fourth anti-noise screen of nearly 400 meters in length was just recently commissioned.
NLMK Upgrades Lipetsk Steelmaking Facilities
24 September 2010 - Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK) has completed the reconstruction of gas exhaust ducts and the secondary emissions collection and cleaning system at its Lipetsk site.
Posco’s Emissions-Reducing Efforts Recognized by Worldsteel
08 September 2010 - Posco recently received a Climate Action Member certificate from the World Steel Association (Worldsteel) for its efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Posco has been issued the certificate of recognition for two consecutive years.
OJSC ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih Reports Q2 Environmental Protection Investments
07 September 2010 - ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih has invested a total of 111.197 million UAH in environment protection in the period from April to June 2010, an increase of 1.8 times compared to the same period of 2009.
EPA Orders Tonawanda Coke to Comply with Clean Water Act
27 August 2010 - The U.S. EPA has ordered the Tonawanda Coke to comply with its Clean Water Act permit. Among other violations, Tonawanda Coke is discharging industrial wastewater containing cyanide in excess of its permit limits into the town of Tonawanda’s sanitary sewer system.
Illinois EPA Announces Loan to Clean Up Northwestern Steel and Wire Site
18 August 2010 - Illinois EPA Director Doug Scott and other state and local officials have announced the approval of a $1 million Illinois Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund award to the City of Sterling to mitigate asbestos contamination at the former Northwestern Steel and Wire Plant 1 site and to ready it for redevelopment.
State Specifies Air Quality Upgrades for Evraz Claymont Steel
11 August 2010 - Delaware’s Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has signed a Consent Decree with Evraz Inc. North America regarding air quality control technologies at Evraz Claymont Steel.
NLMK Launches New Environmental Project at Sintering Operations
29 July 2010 - Novolipetsk Steel is revamping the central dust collecting system for sintering machines No.3 and No.4, which it claims will cut total atmospheric dust emissions at the Lipetsk site by 28%.
