After a meeting Friday at the White House, the EU and US issued a joint statement noting no concrete movement towards a Global Arrangement on Sustainable Steel and Aluminum. The post US, EU To Continue Talks on Steel, Aluminum Deal After White House Meeting appeared first on Steel Market Update.
Brazilian miner Vale has started testing a form of iron ore briquette years in the making ahead of delivering to a backlog of customers. The company says the new product should help steel makers cut their carbon emissions by up to 10%. The company estimates it will take 18 months to clear the waiting list […]
Secondary lead producer Hakurnas has agreed to install ACE Green’s recycling technology at its plant in Ashdod in Israel to improve its environmental performance. After the initial breaking of lead battery scrap, the conventional second step to recover the lead is smelting via a furnace that operates at high temperatures and produces significant GHG emissions […]
BlueScope-owned New Zealand Steel is to replace its blast furnace (BF) with an electric arc furnace (EAF). The cost is estimated at NZ$300 M (US$188 M, €174 M), with the government funding up to NZ$140 M. The investment will cut the Glenbrook works’ carbon footprint by 800,000 t, equivalent to taking around 300,000 cars off […]
In the race to lower emissions, both steel companies and countries are promoting greater use of domestic scrap, but this approach has two key weaknesses. Firstly, using more steel scrap in one country will have no impact on global carbon emissions – it will simply see scrap use move from one country to another. Secondly, […] The post CRU: Copper in Steel Scrap Will Constrain Domestic Use appeared first on Steel Market Update.
We’ve written in SMU about “green” steel and whether steel consumers, including market-leading OEMs, will pay a premium for it. What about the potential for premiums in scrap too? Maybe not for green scrap. But what about for “prime grade” or prime-equivalent shredded scrap? Shred that transforms into prime – maybe we could call it […] The post Final Thoughts appeared first on Steel Market Update.
The General Motors Co. (GM) recently recognized its top suppliers at its annual Supplier of the Year event in San Antonio, Texas. The Supplier of the Year award honors outstanding international suppliers who exceed GM’s requirements. Among the award winners were steelmakers Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., Nucor Corp., and Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (CSN). “We are thrilled to […] The post Steelmakers Named in GM’s Top Suppliers Awards appeared first on Steel Market Update.
Three US senators have asked the US Trade Representative to engage with the European Union on proposed measures that would limit the trade of steel scrap. Thom Tillis (R., N.C.), Joe Manchin (D., W.Va.), and Todd Young (R., Ind.) wrote a letter to USTR Katherine Tai on Feb. 28. The letter outlines the potential fallout to […] The post US Senators Hit Back at Proposed EU Scrap Restrictions appeared first on Steel Market Update.
Luxembourg-based ArcelorMittal has agreed to purchase Zlomex, a scrap metal recycling company with two yards in Poland. Last year they shipped almost 400,000 t of ferrous scrap metal to a range of steel mills and foundries, including ArcelorMittal's steel plants in Dąbrowa Gornicza and Warsaw. Zlomex, Zaklad Przerobu Zlomu in full, added a new shredder and […]
Sticking with a business model that’s proven successful over the past three decades, David Stickler and his team at Global Principal Partners (GPP) hope to make their next endeavor with Hybar’s two new rebar minimills another prosperous one. Steel Market Update sat down with the industry veteran this week in an exclusive interview to discuss […] The post INTERVIEW: Stickler Sticks With Proven Model for New Hybar Minimill appeared first on Steel Market Update.