Coal miners: a screen of Western companies?
…In 2023, Teck sold its metallurgical coal business, Elk Valley Resources for $9bn to Glenore, Nippon Steel and Posco. CEZ will exit coal production by 2038. So which coal companies…
Russia: a breakdown of export revenues?
This data-file breaks down Russia’s export revenues, import country by import country, looking across oil, gas, coal, steel, aluminium, copper, gold, aluminium, ammonia, agricultural products, other metals, materials and manufactured…
European energy use: by industry, by fuel, by country?
…and 28 countries. $699.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart The largest consumption categories are residential energy (24%), chemicals (14%), commercial energy (13%), road transport (9%) and iron and steel (6%). The…
Silicon carbide: production costs?
…is used in the steel/metals industry, aerospace, brake pads of high-end automobiles and bullet proof vests. Silicon carbide material is made by super-heating high-grade silica (SiO2) with petcoke (C) in…
Global coal production: supply outlook in energy transition?
…here. Metallurgical coal may be particularly challenging to substitute. We have reviewed the costs of green steel here. We have seen some interesting but smaller-scale options in bio-coke. We have…
Established technologies: hiding in plain sight?
…materials such as steel and cement, which are much harder to decarbonize directly. It is reminiscent of the old cliché that NASA spent millions of dollars developing a pen that…
Pressure ratings: industrial and energy processes?
…around 4,000 atmospheres (at which point structural steel fails, per our overview of materials properties). We all have experience with 1 atmosphere of pressure (1 bar), simply by existing in…
Carbon capture: how big is the opportunity?
…market sizing looks industry-by-industry, to break down possible capture volumes. We discuss each industry in turn – coal power, gas power, ethanol, steel, cement, et al., – on pages 9-12….
US CCS: market sizing?
…industrial and power-sector emissions could be captured, across coal-power, gas-power, ethanol, steel, cement, chemicals and smaller manufacturing. To put this in perspective, we also quantified how many million tons of…
US CO2 emissions by industrial facility size?
…likely too small. The best candidates are c100 specific facilities in the cement, steel and ammonia industries, which are the “right size”, have concentrated CO2 emissions and explain around 2%…