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• Today, the steel industry needs around 2 billion cubic metres of natural gas per year in its processes; roughly as much as Berlin and Munich consume together.

Source: Hans Jurgen Kerkhoff

• The majority of European imports in the steel sector are from countries characterised by autocratic or non-marketeconomy structures.

Source: Hans Jurgen Kerkhoff

• The steel market for automotive and aerospace applications is expected to surpass $175 billion by 2027.

Source: Global Market Insights

• More than two-thirds of the world’s steel today is produced using the LD process.

Source: Roman Stiftner

• Global CO2 emissions amounted to about 40 Mt, and South Korea accounts for 2% of the total.

Source: POSCO

• The steel sector in South Korea, which is responsible for 14% of the country’s total CO2 emissions, is one of the main industries working to transform its traditional production process, that is, coal-based blast furnace ironmaking.

Source: POSCO

• The steel sector accounts for 2.6 Gt of carbon dioxide emissions annually, making up roughly 10% of the global total.

Oliver Wyman

• 70% of global blast furnaces are scheduled to be relined by 2030, the transition is rapid, and both risks and opportunities to steel producers are huge.

Source: Lanzatech.

• The average steelworks today emits two tons of CO2 per ton of steel. But as the industry transitions there is no single pathway but a range of solutions that will both compete and integrate to lower emissions.

Lanzatech

• Kobe Steel aims to reduce CO2 emissions in its production processes by 30 to 40% in 2030 (compared to fiscal 2013 levels) and to achieve carbon neutrality in 2050.

Kobe Steel

• While current production of silicon steel represents only 1% of global steel production, the market for electrical steel is expected to grow by 7.5% in the coming years.

Source: Primetals Technologies.

• The conventional combustion engine car contains approximately 25 to 30kg of silicon steel. By replacing the combustion engine with a highly efficient electric motor, car manufacturers achieve a lightweight design but effectively double the amount of silicon steel per car to anywhere from 60 to 70kg.

Source: Primetals Technologies.