Manufacturing of steel from the scrap metal is the best possible way to reduce the industrial green house gas emissions. Discuss (200 Words)
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KEY POINTS
Steel Industry
· The global steel industry contributes 6-7% of the total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, use of carbon as the main reducing agent.
· GHG emissions of the Indian steel industry is 2.0-2.8 tonnes of CO2 per tonne of crude steel, against global average of 1.8 tonne of CO2.
Scrap metal
· Producing steel using scrap is the best way to minimise the industry’s GHG emissions since this route can bring this down to below 0.5 tonne of CO2 per tonne of steel.
· The reduction in emissions is mainly on account of scrap used already being in a reduced state, which means lower need for coke as a reducing agent.
· The new vehicle scrapping policy and doubling ship breaking capacity announced by the Government in the budget of 2021 may prove to be a boon for the steel industry to achieve its GHG emission reduction targets.
· The scrapping of vehicles generates around 70-75% ferrous scrap, 6-8% non-ferrous metal scrap and remaining miscellaneous scraps of rubber, plastic, etc.
· With the announcement of vehicle scrapping policy, steel industry can expect enhanced indigenous availability of ferrous scrap.
· The quality of the steel produced is dependent upon the quality of input material and hence any improvement made in ensuring quality of scrap will have marked influence on the steel produced.
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