Sources: Global Steel Climate Council, Washington, D.C. The Global Steel Climate Council (GSCC) invites comments through May 17 on The Steel Climate Standard – Framework for Steel Product Certification and Corporate Science-Based Emissions Targets, posted in draft form here. The standard focuses on reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the global Read more…
Sources: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; CMCM staff The Environmental Protection Agency’s just-published Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks cites 5.586 billion metric tons (mt) of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) emissions for 2021, a 6 percent increase over the prior year. EPA assigns CO2e metrics by UN Intergovernmental Panel Read more…
Sources: Global Steel Climate Council, Washington, D.C.; CMCM staff As environmental and public procurement policymakers in North America, Europe and Japan prepare for next month’s G7 Hiroshima 2023 Summit, the Global Steel Climate Council (GSCC) is drafting a standard for measuring and reporting carbon dioxide emissions in steel production. Council Read more…
Sources: Trimble Inc., Westminster, Colo.; CMCM staff Construction technology and positioning device giant Trimble is the first Building Information Modeling software provider to join ResponsibleSteel, the Australia-based non-profit organization driving the premier global standard and certification for responsibly sourced and milled structural steel. ResponsibleSteel members cite a growing opportunity for Read more…
Sources: United States Steel Corp., Pittsburgh; CarbonFree Chemical Holdings LLC, San Antonio, Texas; CMCM staff Under a non-binding memorandum of understanding, U.S. Steel and CarbonFree will discuss pursuit of a carbon dioxide emissions capture and mineralization commercial venture at the former company’s heritage Gary Works. If reached, potentially by year Read more…
Sources: Materials Processing Institute, Middlesbrough, U.K.; CMCM staff A two-year project under the United Kingdom’s Materials Processing Institute will test the efficacy of converting finely graded, demolition concrete-extracted cement paste to new cementitious material using scrap steel melted by an electric arc furnace. Dubbed Cement 2 Zero and proceeding with Read more…
Sources: Steel Manufacturers Association, Washington, D.C.; CP staff
A Steel Manufacturers Association (SMA) study concludes that the output of electric arc furnace (EAF) steelmakers in the U.S. has a carbon intensity approximately 75 percent lower than that of peers running traditional, coal-fueled blast furnaces. Large operations deploy the latter to melt raw materials into iron, then process it into steel. EAFs primarily use electricity and recycled ferrous scrap to make steel, resulting in a lower carbon emission and less energy-intensive process.
(more…)Sources: Global Steel Climate Council; CP staff Major concrete rebar and structural steel operators Commercial Metals Co., Nucor Corp. and Steel Dynamics Inc. lead North American members of a new international coalition chartered to support a standard that “accelerates the transition to low-emission steel and recognizes the potential of the Read more…
Sources: Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C.; CM2 staff Steel market leader Nucor Corp. has announced an equity investment in Electra, a Colorado start up seeking to scale a process for carbon-free, steel-grade iron. Tapping renewable energy sources to power electrochemical and hydrometallurgical phases, the company refines low-grade ores into high-purity iron. Read more…
Sources: Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute, Schaumburg, Ill.; CP staff The Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute (CRSI) has released Industry-Wide Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for Fabricated Steel Reinforcement Bar used in reinforced concrete construction, posted here. The document updates a 2017 declaration; averages data from five companies and 19 bar mills, plus Read more…