A glance at the Swedish Steel Industry
The Swedish Steel Producers Association Founded 1747 - more than 250 years in the service of the Swedish iron and steel industry Owned by the Swedish steel works
Natural resources Sweden s strong position in the iron market up to the 19th century was based on abundance of natural resources Large forests for production of charcoal Numerous waterfalls Large deposits of pure rock ores
The Bessemer process G F Göransson Got the process to work in practice At Edsken on July 18, 1858
Here are the Swedish steel producers located
Among traditional steel producing countries Sweden is unique through... Very high export and import Export: almost 85 % of the production Import: 80 % of the consumption High share of special steels Almost 65 % of the production Very much specialised production Only one producer per product group The majority of companies are wholly or partly owned by foreign steel producers
Number of companies in the Swedish steel industry with production of certain products Number 10 8 6 4 2 Production ended in 1999 1962 1976 1988 0 Rebars Heavy plate Sheet Wire rod Welded tubes Cold rolled sheet SPEED STEEL TOOL STEEL CARBON STEEL STAINLESS STEEL
Swedish steel producers 2007 The companies are classified according to their main production policy Swedish Partly owned by Wholly owned by owned foreign steel related foreign steel related companies companies Ordinary SSAB Tunnplåt Ruukki steel SSAB Oxelösund Scana Steel Stainless Sandvik MT Outokumpu STP Carpenter Powder steels Fagersta Stainless Outokumpu Stainl. Other Kanthal Erasteel Kloster alloy Boxholm Stål Uddeholm steels Höganäs Ovako Surahammar
Sweden is a small country Crude steel production kton 1400 World kton 14 Sweden 1200 12 1000 10 800 8 600 6 400 4 200 2 0 1900 1950 2000 0 1900 1950 2000
but the steel producers are world leaders Stainless steel Tool steel High speed steel Electrical resistance wire Ball bearing steel Carbon steel Iron and steel powder Outokumpu biggest in hot rolled plate Outokumpu Stainless Tubular Products one of the biggest in welded tubes Fagersta Stainless one of the two biggest in wire rod Sandvik biggest in seamless tubes Böhler Uddeholm biggest Erasteel Kloster biggest Kanthal biggest Ovako biggest SSAB biggest in abrasion-resistant and structural steels with extra-high strength Höganäs biggest
% Percentage share of alloy steel in total steel production 2006 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Sweden EU-25 Japan USA
More characteristics for the Swedish steel industry High technology Strong focus on R&D High productivity Strong focus on environmental matters
TWh 20 The Swedish steel industry s use of process coal and energy 16 Process coal 12 8 Oil 4 Electricity 0 Gas 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005
The use of process coal and energy in 2005 TWh 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 oxygen El Oil LPG and natural gas Blast furnace gas Coke oven gas Coal 0 Iron ore reduction Iron production energy Steel plant Metal working
National Energy activities Kyotoprotocol The climate proposition Emission trading - EU Programme for energy efficiency Energy and carbon dioxide taxes
Emission of dust from Swedish steelplants tonnes of dust/year 16 000 kg/tonnes crude steel 4 12 000 specific emission 3 8 000 yearly emission 2 4 000 1 0 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 0
Emission of Sulphur Dioxide from Swedish Steelplants tonnes of SO 2 /year kg/tonnes crude steel 32 000 8 28 000 24 000 20 000 specific emission 6 16 000 12 000 8 000 4 000 yearly emission 4 2 0 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 0
tonnes of NO x /år 5 000 Emission of nitrogen oxides from Swedish steelplants kg/tonnes crude steel 1,5 yearly emission 4 000 specific emission 1,2 3 000 0,9 2 000 0,6 1 000 0,3 0 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 0
Towards a Closed Steel Eco-Cycle B2: Surface Cleaning of Steel Scrap B1: Improved Steel Scrap Quality B5: Recycling of Steel in the Society B6: Evaluation of Environmental Values B3: New Metallurgical Technologies B4: Product Design and New Steel Products
A New Challenge for the Steel Industry Stationary emission sources are no longer an urgent problem The new challenge is to actively contribute to society's evolution towards: low specific energy low specific CO 2 low waste high resource efficiency with minimum impact on natural eco-systems
Demands on Products From customers, the public and the authorities: Safe to use Recyclability Economising of natural resources
The Vision Closing the loop in the manufacture and use of steel in society This will be accomplished by: Increasing the recycling of scrap metal and optimising the use of alloys Economising the use of steel in applications and products
Sub-programmes and Projects Subprogrammes Recycling Economising Relevance studies Projects Improved steel scrap quality Surface cleaning of steel scrap New metallurgical technologies Product design New steel products Recycling of steel in society Evaluation of environmental values
Towards a Closed Steel Eco-Cycle B2: Surface Cleaning of Steel Scrap B1: Improved Steel Scrap Quality B5: Recycling of Steel in the Society B6: Evaluation of Environmental Values B3: New Metallurgical Technologies B4: Product Design and New Steel Products
Energy competence An energy project for the mining and metallurgical industry
Energy Competence Project The aim To increase the knowledge and interest for energy efficiency activities among all employees at mining and metallurgical industries
Energy Competence Project 1. Information material and education of all employees at three industries 2. Webbased energy handbook 3. Webbased network for exchange of information
Energy Competence Project Education