Tag: green steel

Outokumpu's mill in Tornio, Finland, where Circle Gren sustainable stainless steel is produced.
Green Steel World Editorial Team

Outokumpu: pioneering sustainable stainless steel with Circle Green

Outokumpu is pioneering the production of emission-minimised stainless steel in the global market. Its Circle Green product line has an astonishing 92% lower carbon footprint than the global average, and the company now provides product-specific carbon footprint data for many of its products. Green Steel World spoke to Max Menzel, Head of Sustainability & Technical Customer Service, to learn more.

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The high-tech formula driving Kloeckner’s green steel approach: Using the Nexigen® PCF Algorithm, customers can receive Kloeckner products’ carbon footprints from “cradle to gate”
Green Steel World Editorial Team

The high-tech formula driving Kloeckner’s green steel approach

Using the Nexigen® PCF Algorithm, customers can receive Kloeckner products’ carbon footprints from “cradle to gate”.

If you want to build truly sustainable and transparent value chains, you need to know the carbon footprint of the individual products – so what exactly is meant to be “green”? To date, the lack of a consistent definition of the term “green” has been a problem: how “green” is the steel you buy?

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CRONIMET
Green Steel World Editorial Team

CRONIMET vouches for green scrap as vital piece of sustainability puzzle

It is common knowledge that producing steel is highly carbon intensive, and there is no alternative to this indispensable material. Traditionally, one metric tonne of steel results in 1.8 metric tonnes of CO₂ emissions, on average, and steel production accounts for about 8 per cent of global CO₂ emissions. At the same time, every tonne of steel is infinitely recyclable, making it the flag-bearer of the circular economy.

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