EcoGraf: Goal to reduce steelmaking emissions

The company announced the first GreenRECARB products had passed the specification test for use as an environmentally ‘superior’ replacement for petroleum coke furnace additives.

Petroleum coke furnace additives are associated with high carbon emissions, as well as polluting materials such as sulphur and nitrogen. However, EcoGraf managing director Andrew Spinks says by using natural graphite as a feedstock, carbon emissions are substantially reduced.

This comes at a time when steel manufacturers continue to seek more sustainably produced additive materials to replace the use of energy intensive, fossil-fuel based calcined petroleum coke products.