| The EU steel industry's future depends on working with policy-makers to embrace low carbon and energy efficient practices, a new study has concluded. Research partnership Climate Strategies this week outlined how investment in exploiting the remaining energy efficiency potential of the industry, shifting from coal to gas-fired energy, and deploying carbon capture technology can help create a sustainable competitive advantage for the European steel sector.
Moving to higher value, lower weight steel that can contribute to emissions reductions in sectors such as transport and raising steel recycling rates are also identified as a means of modernising the steel industry and achieving climate benefits at the same time...............................................Full Article: Source |