ArcelorMittal has commissioned a plant in Ghent, Belgium, to process waste wood into biocoal suitable for the blast furnace process at a steel mill.
The organization says this is a first for the European steel industry. At the Tolero factory, he converts 88,000 tonnes of waste wood into 37,500 tonnes of biocoal each year, which is estimated to reduce annual carbon emissions by 112,500 tonnes.
Using biocoal in the blast furnace process produces biogas, which is converted to ethanol by the Steelanol facility. It can be used as a building block to make a variety of chemical products, such as transportation fuels, paints, plastics, clothing, and even cosmetic perfumes.
The ethanol will be jointly marketed by ArcelorMittal and LanzaTech under the Carbalyst® brand name.
Manfred van Frillberghe, CEO of ArcelorMittal Belgium, commented: In this regard, the Company is committed to implementing its action plan to reduce CO2 emissions by 35% by 2030 compared to 2018 and to become climate neutral by 2050. I’m here.
“We want to reduce not only our carbon footprint, but also our waste emissions. Our steel company has a roadmap to zero carbon emissions and zero waste. We will do this in a responsible manner in stages and begin commissioning of Trello.” The plant is one such step, partially replacing fossil coal with biocoal.
“This brings together ArcelorMittal’s products and steelmaking activities that reduce, low and zero carbon emissions, as well as a wider range of initiatives and innovation projects, into a single unit aimed at achieving demonstrable progress towards net-zero carbon. It fits perfectly into our XCarb® program, which brings together our efforts in steel.”