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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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Sumitomo Metals Honored for Development of Advanced Stainless Boiler Tube
13 March 2009 - Sumitomo Metal Industries is awarded the 55th Okochi Memorial Foundation Grand Production Prize for its development of advanced stainless boiler tube that enables high efficiency operation of ultra-supercritical coal-fired thermal power plants.
Sumitomo Metals Honored for Development of Advanced Stainless Boiler Tube
13 March 2009 - Sumitomo Metal Industries is awarded the 55th Okochi Memorial Foundation Grand Production Prize for its development of advanced stainless boiler tube that enables high efficiency operation of ultra-supercritical coal-fired thermal power plants.
ArcelorMittal Honored as Energy Star Partner of the Year
10 March 2009 - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy select ArcelorMittal as an ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year for excellent Energy Management.
ArcelorMittal Honored as Energy Star Partner of the Year
10 March 2009 - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy select ArcelorMittal as an ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year for excellent Energy Management.
Essar Steel Algoma Reports Smooth Start-Up of Permanent Baghouse
17 February 2009 - Essar Steel Algoma starts up a new, permanent baghouse to replace three temporary units currently servicing the plant’s No. 7 blast furnace.
Essar Steel Algoma Reports Smooth Start-Up of Permanent Baghouse
17 February 2009 - Essar Steel Algoma starts up a new, permanent baghouse to replace three temporary units currently servicing the plant’s No. 7 blast furnace.
Linde North America Plant Earns Responsible Care Certification
29 January 2009 - Linde North America receives certification of its Buffalo, N.Y., air separation plant under the American Chemistry Council’s comprehensive Responsible Care program.
Linde North America Plant Earns Responsible Care Certification
29 January 2009 - Linde North America receives certification of its Buffalo, N.Y., air separation plant under the American Chemistry Council’s comprehensive Responsible Care program.
Steel Industry Reaches New Milestone in Energy Efficiency
15 January 2009 - AISI reports the U.S. steel industry has reduced its energy intensity per ton of steel shipped by approximately 33% since 1990, representing a new industry milestone in energy efficiency.
Ohio EPA, Tube City Settle Air Violations
31 December 2008 - The Ohio EPA reports Tube City IMS will pay $71,500 to settle violations of Ohio's air pollution laws related to slag handling and processing operations supporting AK Steel's Middletown Works.
Revised Emissions Trading Directive to Affect Ruukki Beyond 2013
19 December 2008 - Ruukki’s emissions allowances for steel production will be affected beyond 2013 by recent amendments to the European Union's Emissions Trading Directive.
ArcelorMittal’s Juiz de Fora Facility Earns Environmental Management Award
12 December 2008 - ArcelorMittal Juiz de Fora, in Brazil, recently received the Mineiro Award in recognition of its excellence in environmental management.
Ohio EPA Grants Final Air Permit to Middletown Coke
26 November 2008 - Ohio EPA grants Sun Coke (doing business as Middletown Coke) a final air permit-to-install that paves the way for the company to begin its construction of three heat-recovery batteries adjacent to AK Steel’s Middletown Works.
EPA Report Showcases American Steel Industry’s Steep Decline in Emissions
13 October 2008 - A just-released report by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recognizes the American steel sector for its 67% decline of total normalized and absolute emissions between 1995 and 2006, despite production increases.
World Steel Association Sets Target for Data Collection
10 October 2008 - The World Steel Association reports on its success to date on phase 1 of its CO2 emissions data collection program, and sets a stretch target to the end of the year for completion of data collection.
EPA Settles PCB Violations with Severstal Sparrows Point
09 October 2008 - Severstal Sparrows Point settles an ongoing case involving alleged violations of federal PCB regulations at its Sparrows Point, Md., steelmaking facility.
Nippon-Kobe Joint Company to Recycle Steel Dust into DRI
03 October 2008 - Nippon Steel and Kobe Steel will establish a joint company that will recycle steel dust using the FastMet process to produce usable direct-reduced iron.
Steel Producers Promote Importance of Life-Cycle Approach in Environmental Impact Studies
30 September 2008 - The International Iron and Steel Institute is appealing to governments to work together with the steel industry utilizing life cycle thinking as the most effective holistic approach to assessing a product’s impact on the environment.
ThyssenKrupp Steel Makes Additional Investment in Particulates Reduction
26 September 2008 - ThyssenKrupp Steel invests an additional 30 million euros to equip its sinter plant in Duisburg-Schwelgern with additional filters to capture particulates and dust-containing off-gases.
European Steelmakers, Rio Tinto to Collaborate on Green Ironmaking Process
19 September 2008 - Rio Tinto will collaborate with ULCOS, a consortium of the major European steelmakers, on development of a new environmentally friendly ironmaking process through the Isarna project.
