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Sustainability > Creating a Balanced Ecosystem > Reducing Emissions

Reducing Emissions

Due to the carbon-intensive process of steelmaking, high levels of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions, particularly carbon dioxide (CO2), remains one of the greatest challenges that the industry faces in achieving controlled emission and sustainable operations. The International Energy Agency (IEA) notes that as global steel production
increases, sustained and substantial efforts to cut emissions are of paramount importance to prevent the exponential growth of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. This is achieved by prioritizing energy-efficiency improvements, increasing scrap collection, and adopting new technologies that favour low-carbon process routes. As a responsible corporate of the State of Qatar and as part of the global industrial community, Qatar Steel is committed to reducing its carbon footprint and implementing industry best practices in order to fight climate change.

As part of a new project which was initiated in January 2020, Qatar Steel has started a different system for calculating GHG emissions for Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions. Scope 1 emissions include direct emissions at the plant (fuel combustion, materials process etc.); Scope 1 emissions from natural gas is calculated by using emission factors developed from the gas characteristics, while the emissions from materials process are calculated based on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and EU Emissions Trading System emission factors. Scope 2
emissions covers indirect emissions from the electricity which is consumed and is calculated using Kahramaa’s emission factors provided by Qatar Energy. Qatar Energy has appointed SGS, UK as the third-party verifier forthe GHG report verification and Qatar Steel has successfully received the verification certificates from SGS, UK in 2021.

With the new calculation system. the average GHG emission from Scope 1 and Scope 2 has been found to be around 0.95 MT CO2/MT steel production which is quite below the world average of 1.85 (according to World Steel Association standards).

Please see Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG Report in https://www.qatarsteel.com.qa/certifications/

GHG Emissions
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Scope 1 – Direct GHG emissions (tonnes of CO2eq)
1,630,798
1,629,727
1,632,623
1,540,456 683,740 591,301
Scope 2 – Indirect GHG emissions (tonnes of CO2eq)
1,785,012
1,858,825
1,838,795
1,813,498 456,759 367,102
Total Emissions (Metric Tonne CO2eq)
3,415,810
3,488,551
3,471,418
3,353,955 1,140,499 958,403
Total GHG emissions intensity (tonnes of CO2eq/ tonnes of molten steel produced)
1.34
1.31
1.34
1.30 0.93 0.95*

*Please see the certificate link below for more information:
https://www.qatarsteel.com.qa/certifications/

 

Flare Reduction
Data 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Gas Flared (MMSCF) 0.823 0.893 0.8252 0.8181 0.7685 0.5109
Total Natural Gas Consumption (MMSCF) 29,948 29,868 29,815 28,236 9,928 9,741
Total Natural Gas Consumption in Nm3 802,350,151 800,223,032 798,802,243 756,492,715 265,977,723 260,989,069
Flare Intensity (Gas Flared in MMSCF/Total Natural Gas Consumption in MMSCF) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

 

Methane Emissions Reduction
Data 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Methane emitted (Tons) – – – 16.132 11.398 8.177
Total Natural Gas Consumption in Tons 620,217 618,572 617,474 584,769 205,601 –
Total Natural Gas Consumption in Nm3 802,350,151 800,223,032 798,802,243 756,492,715 265,977,723 260,989,069
Methane Intensity (Methane emitted in Tons/Total Natural Gas Consumption in Tons) 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00276 0.00785 –

Other Air Emissions

Qatar Steel has two MIDREX based Direct Reduction Plants, three electric arc furnaces, two rolling mills and two lime calcination plants. The plants are run on electric power supplied by the local electricity distributing entity, KAHRAMAA and natural gas supplied by Qatar Energy. The use of cleaner energy sources reduces the pollutants emissions substantially.

In order to check the environmental emissions, Qatar Steel carries out regular environmental monitoring such as continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring (AAQM), monthly ambient air quality monitoring at different locations by third party, CEMS monitoring, and manual stacks monitoring where CEMS is not installed.

Further, all the emission sources are equipped with pollution control measures such as bag house filters (at electric arc furnaces and furnaces at Kilns), cyclone dust collectors and wet venturis (at Direct Reduction Plants). In addition to the pollution control measures at the point air emission sources, there are control units for fugitive air emissions such as closed conveyer belts, hoppers, suction hoods etc.

The monitoring results are quarterly shared with the Qatar Energy – MIC and MoECC – Qatar (regulatory authorities). External and internal audits are carried out routinely to ensure that the monitoring and environmental management systems are working as per regulatory and best practice requirements.

Other Air Emissions
Data 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
NOX emitted (tonnes)
549
1,275 1,001 1,033 538 460
SOx emitted (tonnes) 1,349 212 977 1,196 211 96.5
Particulate Matter (PM) (tonnes) 2,477 318 479 978 326 205.5

The reduction in these emissions is due to mothballing of several plants, leaving fewer actually in operation.

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