Plants at Avilés and Gijón now supply higher quality heavy steel plate with a reduced CO2 footprint, allowing customers to buy XCarb® green steel certificates to reduce their Scope 3 emissions.

Responding to the needs of modern offshore wind towers

Following an upgrade in 2020, the No.2 continuous slab caster at Avilés has been running at full capacity, supplying plates for several major offshore wind projects in the UK, France, and the Netherlands. Since September 2021, the caster has produced slabs of up to 2200 mm width, 365 mm thickness, and weighing up to nearly 19 tonnes, broadening ArcelorMittal’s range of plates as a response to the needs of offshore wind tower mast manufacturers.

The 2020 upgrade included the implementation of state-of-the-art technologies such as Dynamic Soft Reduction (DSR) along with new systems to deliver better internal and external steel quality, including less segregation, better homogeneity, and cleaner surface finish.

A commitment to CO2 reduction

As part of its commitment to reduce its CO2 emissions by 35% in 2030 and achieve net-zero in 2050, ArcelorMittal Europe began coke-oven gas injection for Blast Furnace B in Gijón in early 2021. This initiative is reducing CO2 emissions by 125 000 tonnes a year - equivalent to the emissions generated by the annual consumption of 84 000 Spanish households.

Altogether, these investments deliver on European customers’ requirements for greener, high-quality, and heavier plates for civil engineering, wind towers, and offshore structures.

XCarb® green steel certificates

In addition, ArcelorMittal’s heavy plates qualify for XCarb® green steel certificates, which allow customers to report an equivalent reduction in their Scope 3 emissions in accordance with the GHG Protocol for Corporate Accounting & Reporting.

Denis Parein, Commercial Head for Heavy plates at ArcelorMittal Europe – Flat Products, commented: “These investments mean that we can supply heavy plates in the sizes and grades required for the most demanding projects, and with a reduced CO2 footprint”.

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ArcelorMittal Europe Communications
Constructalia

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ArcelorMittal Europe - Long Products has released an updated version of their composite bridge pre-design software: ACOBRI Version 5.09.

You can download the update for free on our Software page:

https://constructalia.arcelormittal.com/en/tools/software

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The European Convention for Constructional Steelwork (ECCS) has released a new European Design Guide for the Use of Weathering Steel in Bridge Construction.

Fundamental updates

A vital element of Europe’s transport infrastructure, bridges also play a major role in connecting countries, representing cultures and functioning as landmarks. Generally in bridge construction, weathering steel provides the most cost-effective and environmental benefits with similar mechanical properties to structural steel.

This design guide updates the ECCS design guide from 2001 – The Use of Weathering Steel in Bridges. The last 20 years have seen the Eurocodes become recognised throughout Europe in addition to many other weathering steel construction standards coming into force. In addition, thanks to practical application and research projects, extensive new knowledge of weathering steel has been garnered. As such, the new European Design Guide for the Use of Weathering Steel in Bridge Construction offers a plethora of vital information. The design guide can be downloaded for free in an electronic version here.

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Constructalia

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ArcelorMittal Europe
Xavier Font Solà
ECCS

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