The future direction of energy saving and emission reduction in the steel industry---Part 2
Jun. 14, 2018
In the face of these increasingly stringent environmental protection policy requirements, the steel industry must further strengthen energy conservation and emission reduction in the following areas:
The fourth is to strengthen research and rationally guide the development of electric furnace steel making. Based on local conditions and classification policies, we encourage existing long blast furnace-to-furnace companies to rationally and orderly explore the process layout that combines long and short processes. Huang Tong believes that after intensively cracking down on “Grid Steel,” through extensive investigations, it has been found that some regional social scrap savings and supply are indeed large, and it is appropriate to promote the development of short-process steel making, and to innovate long processes to make greater use of scrap. "The model, and the quality requirements for different types of steel products and the quality and characteristics of scrap in the relevant regions, moderately carried out capacity transfer between some electric furnace companies and existing long-term process companies through joint restructuring or capacity replacement policies, and at the same time The level of energy conservation and environmental protection has been strictly monitored, which has enabled China's steel industry to take a higher level in terms of energy saving, environmental protection and low-carbon goals.
Fifth, continue to strengthen the energy-saving and environmental protection bench marking and narrow the gap between enterprises. Huang Ding pointed out that although China has Baowu, Taigang and Hegang Steel and Tangshan Iron and Steel, which have reached the leading international standards, some steel companies are also facing an urgent need to solve the polarization problem of environmental protection levels. From the emission indicators, the emission of per-ton steel pollutants from backward enterprises is 10 times that of advanced enterprises, and the corresponding environmental protection enterprises' operating costs per ton of steel are also very different from those of backward companies. In some areas, there are still problems of “bad money driving out good money”. The penalties imposed on illegally discharged steel companies are limited, which is not conducive to fair market competition, but also affects the social image of the steel industry.
Sixth, further promote low-carbon emissions. In the past 10 years, the Chinese steel industry has achieved certain results in terms of green development, but China's energy structure system still maintains the characteristics of high-carbon development. At present, the iron and steel industry plays an important role in China's response to climate change. Steel companies need to continue their efforts to explore and practice in areas such as high technology efficiency, lean management, clean and low-carbon structure, resource recycling, and implementation of standardization.