The Companhia Siderúrgica Paulista – COSIPA is an integrated steel plant of the Usiminas System located in the municipality of Cubatão, in the coastal region of the São Paulo state, Brazil. This works produces 4.5 millions tons of steel per year; 1.0 million tons of this output are delivered as rolled plates, which meet a wide range of uses, such as those in agricultural implements, industrial ...

Environmental degradation and Economic growth are two important proofs in sustainable development which are followed by steel industry. In this case, energy and environmental damages as sustainability patterns of environment have been investigated in three different dust collectors to select the most environmentally suitable dust collector for electric furnace. In this article, the consumption ...

This paper reports the results relating to the following four subjects: i) current status and future prospects of iron and steel production in China; ii) equipped plantsize and operating condition of blast furnaces that sustain Chinese big steel production; iii) trends of demand and supply of iron ore and coal for blast furnaces; and iv) challenges and problems entailed by production increases....