Steelmakers delineate low vs. high CO2 emissions production methods

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.…

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