The integration of neural networks into steelmaking has revolutionised process control, quality assurance and energy efficiency across primary steelmaking routes. These data-driven models are deployed ...

Steel production in an electric arc furnace. Norenko Andrey/Shutterstock This method of steelmaking can use up to 100% scrap steel as its raw material, resulting in a significant reduction in carbon ...

The transition away from labor-intensive blast furnace/basic oxygen furnace (BOF) steelmaking in the United States has involved highly visible layoffs and stranded assets. It also has entailed shifts ...

PERTH, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NeoSmelt, a consortium of leading resources, energy and manufacturing companies working together on ways to produce lower-emissions steel 1 from Pilbara iron ore, ...

Tata Steel has appointed Sir Robert McAlpine to install two electric arc furnaces at its Port Talbot steelworks in Wales. The £1.25 billion project, supported by £500 million in government funding, ...

Steel slag, the principal by-product of blast-furnace and basic oxygen furnace steelmaking, holds significant promise as a supplementary cementitious material and aggregate in concrete systems. Its ...

Researchers from the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom say they have designed an adaptation for existing iron and steel blast furnaces that could reduce carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions by ...

Making steel was responsible for about 7% of global greenhouse gas emissions in 2020. That’s because steelmakers in countries like China, Japan and South Korea have long relied on fossil fuels like ...

British Steel is initiating consultations to close its blast furnaces in Scunthorpe after negotiations with the UK government regarding financial aid for a transition to electric arc furnaces fell ...

In 2017, worldwide crude steel production was up by 5.3 % year on year, reaching a total of 1691 million tonnes. 1 Much of this steel was produced using primary processes like electric arc furnaces ...