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All you need to know about steel, scrap and greenhouse gas emissions in just 2 graphs: graph#2
Last week’s graph (see graph#1) started to explore the relationship between crude steel production, scrap generation and the residual demand for iron extracted directly from […]
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All you need to know about steel, scrap and greenhouse gas emissions in just 2 graphs: graph#1
Just two graphs tell you everything you need to know about steel, scrap and greenhouse gas emissions. This is the first. Along the bottom, left […]
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A Montreal Protocol for Steel
The steel sector emits more than 4 billion tonnes CO2 equivalent of greenhouse gases every year, 90% of which is from coal-based steelmaking. That has […]
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Steel and the infinitely washable T-shirt
It can seem that every steelmaker on the planet brags that steel is ‘infinitely recyclable’ – but is it? Well, yes and no. In one […]
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6%, 7%, 8%, 9%, 10%, 11%…
The World Steel Association, worldsteel, estimates that the steel sector emits 7% – 9% of global CO2 emissions But other numbers are available: take your […]
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How Ship Plates Become Millions of Nails
Awesome, terrifying, and exactly what it says on the tin. Watch as recovered ship plates are cut, melted, extruded and stamped to become millions of […]
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Calculating the recycling rate – the devil in the detail
The recycling rate is the proportion of a material that is recovered and recycled. If 90% of steel cans are recovered and recycled after they […]
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Recycled content – giving it 110%
Footballers are famous for “giving it 110%”. But can steel have 110% recycled content? Recycled content is the proportion of recycled material in a new […]
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Any old iron?
What do Peter Sellers and Kermit the Frog tell us about the recovery and recycling of end-of-life ferrous scrap? Well, they’ve both recorded versions of […]
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Recycling rate vs recycled content
The average recycled content of steel today is around 31% . But steel’s recycling rate is estimated at 85%. What’s the difference? And which is […]
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- All you need to know about steel, scrap and greenhouse gas emissions in just 2 graphs: graph#2
- All you need to know about steel, scrap and greenhouse gas emissions in just 2 graphs: graph#1
- A Montreal Protocol for Steel
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