Climate Action 2009-2010

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‘S-in motion’ is a project to develop highstrength
steels to produce new materials for
the car industry that will reduce weight and
cost, while maintaining safety and performance.
Following an analysis of our 2007 CO 2
performance, we
have set ourselves the target of reducing emissions by
170 kg per tonne of steel produced by 2020, equivalent
to an 8 per cent reduction in absolute emissions. This
will be achieved through process and energy efficiency
improvements, and by optimising recycling.
Breakthrough technologies of the future
ArcelorMittal is one of the key members of the EU
Ultra-Low CO 2
Steelmaking project, or ULCOS. This
is a €1.0 billion programme covering nearly 50 steel
companies, suppliers and research centres across
Europe, which aims to reduce the sector’s carbon
emissions by 50 per cent by the middle of the century.
A number of possible technology options have already
been assessed and the consortium is now piloting the
Top Gas Recycling – Blast Furnace technology at our
plant in Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany and through an
industrial-scale demonstrator trial at our plant in
Florange, France.
This technology combines carbon capture and
storage with Top Gas Recycling. In other words, it
uses pure oxygen instead of air and recycles gas at
the top of the blast furnace, which results in a 25 per
cent reduction in the amount of carbon used. Half of
the CO 2
can then be potentially captured and stored at
one of our sites. This is a first for the steel industry,
and could be a major breakthrough in the fight to
combat climate change, provided sufficient public
funding can be secured both with EU Member States
and through the EU’s Carbon Capture and Storage
(CCS) Demonstration projects.
Encouraging more recycling
Steel is one of the few materials that can be
recycled indefinitely, which gives it huge potential
as an environmentally-friendly construction and
manufacturing material. Every year more than 25
million tonnes of our products are made from recovered
scrap and are recycled, making us the world’s largest
recycler of scrap steel. This saves around 36 million
tonnes of CO 2
on an annual basis. We also recycle the
waste products from our own operations. For example,
the electric furnaces at our former site at Isbergues,
in northern France, are now being used to process
residues from our Dunkerque plant in France and our
Gent and Charleroi plants in Belgium into useful byproducts
like pig iron, road-building slag, and even zinc
oxide dust, which we can sell to specialist producers
who can use it to extract zinc.
Contributing to a sustainable society in
cooperation with our customers
Our contribution to environmental protection is also
exemplified through our products, such as the highstrength
lightweight steels we develop in cooperation
with our customers. This large variety of steel grades
contributes to more energy efficient buildings and can
reduce car weight by 20-30 per cent, thus raising the
fuel efficiency of automobiles and reducing energy
consumption and CO 2
emissions.
Organisation
ArcelorMittal is the world’s leading steel company, with
operations in more than 60 countries. ArcelorMittal is
the leader in all major global steel markets, including
automotive, construction, household appliances and
packaging, with leading R&D and technology, as well
as sizeable captive supplies of raw materials and
outstanding distribution networks.
Enquiries
ArcelorMittal
Luxembourg:
19 Avenue de la Liberté, L-2930 Luxembourg
Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg
Tel: +352 4792 1
London:
7th Floor Berkeley Square House
Berkeley Square, London W1J 6DA
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)20 7629 7988
Email: crteam@arcelormittal.com
Website: www.arcelormittal.com
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