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Steel and Mining
Emissions

 
 

The world's steel companies are committing to net zero.

We help you track their current and future carbon emissions. 

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Emissions

Scenario development, showing impact on emissions from proposed changes to plant

Greenhouse gas and energy intensity curves

Impact of Investments

Impact of investment on CO2 emissions

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Steel emissions

Iron & Steel

Integrated Works (BF), Mini Mills (EAF), 
DRI and Other AIT

Iron Ore and Met Coal Mining

Mining

Logistics

Shipping, Railway and Barge

We provide data, consulting and bespoke CO2 emissions analysis, for the entire steel production chain.

Consulting

Consulting assignments and requests

Steel emissions consulting

Bespoke data

Preparation of data in client-requested formats on an ongoing basis. 

Bespoke CO2 emissions data
Services

Process by process
Plant by plant
Researching the full CO2 supply chain

The path to net zero emissions starts with comprehensively researched emissions data.

Steelstat continuously tracks the detailed operating processes, material flows and emissions of around 250 major steel works throughout the world.

 

We also look beyond the steel plant boundary.  Through our partnership with Skarn Associates (www.skarnassociates.com) we extend our upstream coverage of raw materials emissions to the mining of iron ore and coking coal.

The result is a uniquely comprehensive emissions picture for each steel plant facility comprising the whole supply chain to finished steel.

 

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Iron ore mine
Coking coal mine
Dry bulkship transport
Steel carbon emissions
Iron Ore
Met Coal
Logistics
Iron & Steel
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The problem with emissions data in steel

 

The steel industry is opaque in terms of releasing detailed, up-to-date plant operating information, particularly for individual sites.

Only some companies publish some form of site-specific scope and intensity values covering CO2 emissions.

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Where data is published it is usually limited and consolidated across multiple steel works. Typically, there is little or no technical breakdown of scope and intensity values and in most cases, there are no clear scope boundary definitions.

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Much of the disclosed emissions data is irregularly published, so tracking very recent years of official data is often not possible 

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Many companies do not publish emissions data at all.

In only very few cases do companies choose to publish basic steel production data for individual production sites.

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The Steelstat approach

At the heart of our methodology lies Steelstat's Steel Operations & Emissions Platform, built to (1) calculate and normalise emissions data, (2) assist in validation of official data and (3) reconcile model inputs with official data where appropriate.

 

The Platform contains all the steel plants tracked by Steelstat and each plant is modelled according to its unique technical specification, detailed operating parameters and material/energy consumptions and credits.

CO2 emissions data is calculated using the worldsteel organisation's conversion factors for each of the material and energy volumes.

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Bottom-up and top-down 
for a more robust methodology
Steel works scope 1, 2 and 3

Benchmarking of greenhouse gas emissions and energy intensities on a plant-by-plant, country, regional and global basis.

 

The impact of types of iron and steelmaking technologies and their scale of operations on gas emissions:

Blast furnace/basic oxygen route, direct reduction, electric furnace, alternative ironmaking technologies (AIT)

 

In-depth views of each plant’s key operating processes where we present emission volumes by types of input material and by types of energy consumed.

Off-gases generated in iron and steel production.  We account for their re-use, whether directly in operations, in power generation, sold or flared.

 

Transport logistics by sea and land from the raw materials supplier to the steel plant.

 

The upstream carbon footprint of steelmaking raw materials with respect to supplier geography, mining operations and type of material sourced. 

We maintain the highest standards of data by using rigorous approaches to researching, balancing, and reconciling. This is made possible by the specific expertise and deep industry experience of our analysts.  Our findings include:

Steelstat is a proud member of ResponsibleSteel.

We are happy to share knowledge and expertise in support of its drive to make standards and certification accepted and widespread throughout the sector. Having comprehensive, up-to-date approaches to measuring emissions which accurately reflect the industry is of critical importance. Steelstat plays a key role in this challenge and is proud, with its connection to ResponsibleSteel, to be part of the wider drive for environmentally responsible production of net-zero steel.”

Meet our key team

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Steven Burchell

Co-founder & Director

Steven has over 30 years experience in the steel industry, holding leadership positions spanning strategy consulting, markets/technical research and business advisory services. As Managing Consultant at Hatch Associates Steven led strategy consulting projects drawing on his specialist areas of iron & steel technologies, emissions, plant operations, raw materials and costs/profitability. Previously, Steven was head of CRU’s global steel business for seven years, responsible for the company’s steel analysis and consulting services.

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Mark Fellows

Associate, Iron Ore and Met Coal

Mark has over 30 years experience, providing strategic advice on metal markets, exploration, development projects, operating mines and corporate development. Mark’s expertise includes asset evaluation, benchmarking and optimisation, and encompasses, geology, mining, ore processing, and mining finance. He has conducted investment appraisals of numerous companies, mining projects and mining sector services businesses. Mark is a co-founder of Skarn Associates. 

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Nick Zhelyazkov

Co-founder & Research Director

Nick has 17 years experience in providing research, analysis, and consulting on a variety of topics in the steel industry. He has worked as a consultant and data manager at Steel Business Briefing (SBB) and as part of the Platts' metals commercial team. Nick's expertise is in developing and bringing to market new data and statistics services for the steel market.

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Charles Cooper

Associate, Iron Ore and Met Coal

Charles has over 25 years of mining industry consulting experience. He started his career as a geologist, before joining Brook Hunt where he worked as a senior mining analyst for nearly 10 years. Following this he worked as a sell-side analyst for a number of London leading investment banks including Evolution Securities and Oriel Securities.
Charles was previously Research Director at S&P Global Market Intelligence (previously SNL) where he was responsible for developing mine economic analysis. Charles is a co-founder of Skarn Associates. 

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