Can We Make Steel Without Coal? Coal Action Network Aotearoa
Apr 24, 2013· World steel production in 2011 was 1518 Mt and used 761 Mt of coal – 12% of all hard coal mined. The Glenbrook plant (now owned by Blupe) makes 600650,000 tpy steel and uses 750,000 tpy Huntly coal plus 1,000 GWh electricity and some Natural Gas, supplying 90% of NZ''s needs. It also recycles steel. Can we make steel with less coal?