10
Oct
08:59
Italian firm aims to remove coal from steelmaking
Italy’s I.Blu aims to replace the use of coal in steelmaking by using its Bluair polyolefins, which it already supplies to voestalpine and has agreements to deliver to numerous other steelmakers, the company tells Kallanish.
The carbon content in Blueair is around 65% of its weight compared to up to 90% for coal/anthracite, which translates to a carbon dioxide emissions reduction of some 30%, the firm says. In an electric arc furnace, where pulverised coal…
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