Steels

The UK is undergoing a transition from blast furnace to EAF based steelmaking. This will reduce UK CO2 emissions by 1.5% and increase capacity for steel recycling. However, for this to be achieved, technical challenges must be overcome. Specifically, commercially competitive steels produced through EAF processing requires high scrap contents. This leads to the accumulation of residual elements that can negatively impact properties. In particular, they can severely compromise the processability of products that require thinner cross sections, like those used in the automotive and packaging industries. Understanding the impact of residual elements is therefore imperative for producing economically attractive steel grades.