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Van Leeuwen partners with ArcelorMittal to offer low carbon emissions steel tubes in a joint effort towards decarbonisation
4 September 2023Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube Group and ArcelorMittal Europe - Tubular Products have announced a new partnership to offer low carbon emissions steel tubes, enabling companies in construction and engineering industries to reduce the carbon footprint embedded in the products they purchase as part of their scope 3 emissions.XCarb® recycled and renewably produced steel tubes, produced by ArcelorMittal and distributed by Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube Group, can help companies realise CO2 emissions savings of up to 75% compared with conventionally produced steel tubes.
Product newsA successful sustainability chain from XCarb® recycled and renewably produced to solar panel screws
29 August 2023It is obvious that ambitious climate targets can only be achieved by working together. The cooperation between ArcelorMittal, Finkernagel, and EJOT is a good example of collaboration between manufacturer, processor, and end-product producer to reduce environmental impact.
Corporate newsArcelorMittal Luxembourg invests in a new electric arc furnace for Belval
22 August 2023As part of its decarbonisation process, ArcelorMittal Luxembourg has confirmed its plan to invest in a new electric arc furnace (EAF) at its Long Products Luxembourg site in Belval. This 67-milion-euro investment is part of a series of projects that were the subject of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed last September between ArcelorMittal Luxembourg and the Ministry of the Economy. This MoU confirms the willingness of the Luxembourg government to financially support this type of strategic investment through the various applicable aid mechanisms. For this project in particular, the subsidies made available by the Luxembourg State amount to approximately 15 million euros.
Corporate newsArcelorMittal launches the industry’s first low carbon emission steel tubes with a CO2 emissions reduction of up to 75%
16 August 2023ArcelorMittal has announced the launch of new, low carbon emissions steel tubes. This new solution, made of XCarb® recycled and renewably produced steel, has up to 75% less CO2 equivalent - one of the highest CO2 emissions reduction rates in the steel tube industry. Using XCarb® recycled and renewably produced steel tubes allows customers in the construction, agriculture, and energy sectors to reduce the global CO2 footprint of their projects, products, and finished goods to meet their own decarbonisation targets and align with the Paris climate goals and the European Green Deal.
Product newsReducing the environmental impact of the Seine-Nord Europe Canal with EcoSheetPile™ Plus
1 August 2023The Seine-North Europe Canal is a central link in the Seine-Escaut waterway system. It will enable wide-gauge barges to travel between France, Belgium, and the Netherlands, reaching an annual transport volume of 15 million tonnes of goods. The Société du Canal Seine-Nord-Europe asserts that its ambition is to make this canal a flagship project for environmentally sustainable transport and the energy transition, which is also in tune with local issues. By replacing a million lorry journeys a year, it will significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.Two public transhipment platforms are currently under construction at Pimprez and Ribécourt-Dreslincourt. Eventually, they will be linked to the local road network and then to the rail network.
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Van Leeuwen partners with ArcelorMittal to offer low carbon emissions steel tubes in a joint effort towards decarbonisation
Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube Group and ArcelorMittal Europe - Tubular Products have announced a new partnership to offer low carbon emissions steel tubes, enabling companies in construction and engineering industries to reduce the carbon footprint embedded in the products they purchase as part of their scope 3 emissions.
XCarb® recycled and renewably produced steel tubes, produced by ArcelorMittal and distributed by Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube Group, can help companies realise CO2 emissions savings of up to 75% compared with conventionally produced steel tubes.
XCarb® recycled and renewably produced tubes with a low CO2 footprint
The tubes are manufactured with XCarb® recycled and renewably produced, a label applied to ArcelorMittal’s steel produced in an electric arc furnace (EAF) using high levels of scrap and 100% renewable electricity for the EAF. The electricity used comes from renewable sources such as wind and solar and is supplied via a recognised Guarantee of Origin (GoO) scheme. These steel tubes are the first on the market that enable such a significant reduction in CO2 emissions, and which come with an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) to give full data transparency to customers. The partnership is part of Van Leeuwen’s strategic targets relating to climate action. The company constantly works to identify and reduce its carbon footprint throughout the entire value chain, cooperating with suppliers to produce and distribute pipes and tubes with a reduced carbon footprint.
In a unique event held on the premises of Van Leeuwen headquarters, members of the management committee for both companies gathered to kick off this collaboration that will strengthen both companies’ efforts to reduce CO2 emissions as well as XCarb® solutions. Additionally, in the presence of Van Leeuwen employees, the first delivery truck arrived at the warehouse of the nearby operating company of Van Leeuwen in Zwijndrecht, the Netherlands with the first load of low-carbon-emission steel tubes.
Speaking in Zwijndrecht, the Head of Business Development of ArcelorMittal Europe – Tubular Products Adrian Alecu said: “It is a pleasure to work closely together with our customers and join efforts in our common goal to achieve net-zero emissions. I would like to thank Van Leeuwen for their trust and for the commitment they have shown in distributing low-carbon emissions hollow structural sections using XCarb® recycled and renewably produced steel”.
From the Van Leeuwen side, Managing Director of the Dutch Van Leeuwen companies Steven Ruijters said: "As leading company in the industry, Van Leeuwen takes its responsibility to enhance sustainability and to enable its customers to do the same. It is our ambition to be the most sustainable pipe distributor in our industry. Therefore, we work together with strong partners like ArcelorMittal to offer tubes with a low CO2 footprint to the market."
About ArcelorMittal Europe – Tubular Products
ArcelorMittal Europe - Tubular Products is a pan-European producer and leading global supplier of pipes and tubes. With manufacturing operations in six countries, 15 strategically located production sites, and a robust distribution network, we deliver our comprehensive range of tubular products across Europe and major international markets.
Active in many sectors like energy, construction, automotive, mechanical engineering, yellow and green goods, and agriculture, ArcelorMittal Europe- Tubular Products offers an extensive portfolio of tubular solutions that cover the full spectrum of customer needs. ArcelorMittal Europe -Tubular Products stands at the forefront of the industry, offering one of the widest ranges of steel solutions available. Our product range includes seamless and small welded tubes (including precision and CDW) complemented by various processes and finishing options such as ERW, HFI, galvanised, coated laser cutting, and tube bending.
For more information, please visit: https://tubulareurope.arcelormittal.com
About Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube Group
The Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube Group is an international distribution company specialising in steel pipes and pipe and tube applications. The family-owned company, with its head office in Zwijndrecht, the Netherlands, was founded in 1924 and is active in virtually all industrial sectors. The Group has 70 branches spread across 33 countries throughout Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, and North America. Van Leeuwen’s 2400 employees have specialist knowledge of sourcing, processing, project management, logistics, and stock planning, and they work closely together with customers in its markets. The combination of global logistics and knowledge of products and customer applications makes Van Leeuwen a leading company in its markets.
For more information, please visit: www.vanleeuwen.com
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A successful sustainability chain from XCarb® recycled and renewably produced to solar panel screws
It is obvious that ambitious climate targets can only be achieved by working together. The cooperation between ArcelorMittal, Finkernagel, and EJOT is a good example of collaboration between manufacturer, processor, and end-product producer to reduce environmental impact.
Three companies cooperate for low carbon emissions steel products
ArcelorMittal Hamburg produces XCarb® recycled and renewably produced steel, which has a CO2 footprint significantly lower than conventionally produced steel. The wire-drawing company Finkernagel further processes this steel, and EJOT then produces cold-formed screws from the drawn wire that are ultimately used for electric car batteries or for solar panel structures.
By using XCarb® recycled and renewably produced, the CO2 savings total 80% compared with conventionally produced steel, and the low carbon emissions steel ultimately benefits the energy transition thanks to its use in solar modules and electric cars.
Dr. Uwe Braun, CEO of ArcelorMittal Hamburg: "Thanks to this cooperation, we are creating a special value chain that contributes to the climate goals of the companies involved. Once again, we see that low carbon emissions steel is vital for building the infrastructure we need for the transition to carbon neutrality. After all, solar modules, efficient electric cars, or wind turbines cannot be made without steel. We are already able to produce very low-carbon and, in a few years, climate-neutral steel. For us, it's about doing our homework and continuously working on such promising projects in cooperation with our customers.”
Timo Finkernagel, Managing Director of Finkernagel: "Through our trials, we know that the XCarb® recycled and renewably produced steel can be processed excellently and has no quality disadvantages compared to conventional steel. The fact that the material properties are also identical in a direct comparison is particularly pleasing. We are proud to be able to offer XCarb® recycled and renewably produced to our customers and are confident that it will be well received in the market."
Markus Rathmann, Chief Supply Chain Officer of the EJOT Group: "The entry into the processing of CO2-reduced steel marks an important step for the EJOT Group on the way to climate neutrality, especially since the largest part of the CO2emissions is in our preliminary products (Scope 3). We will successively expand the use of CO2-reduced steel."
XCarb® recycled and renewably produced aims to reduce the carbon footprint of their customers
Since 2021, ArcelorMittal has been bundling all efforts towards climate-neutral steel production within the umbrella brand XCarb® by investing in technologies and start-ups, by awarding certificates for CO2 savings in steel production, and especially by low-carbon manufacturing variants. The XCarb® steel made from recycled and renewable material is produced in an electric arc furnace using 100% renewable electricity and up to 100% scrap depending on the steel grade. For these steel products, emissions can be as low as 333 kilograms of CO₂ eq. per tonne of end product.
The XCarb® recycled and renewably produced steel used by Finkernagel and EJOT significantly reduces the Scope 3 emissions of both companies respectively.
The EJOT Group aims to reduce its CO2 emissions from the current level of approximately 190 000 tonnes per year to zero by 2035.
In addition to a variety of its own measures to reduce Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions, Finkernagel is primarily focussing on the use of a low-CO2 steel input material.
According to its decarbonisation strategy, ArcelorMittal aims to achieve net zero emissions worldwide by 2050.
About Finkernagel
The Fritz Finkernagel Drahtwerk GmbH & Co. KG from Altena in Germany supplies suppliers from the automotive, construction, electrical, and mechanical engineering industries with cold heading wire and forming tools for the most demanding requirements.
The company is a leading supplier in its market segment thanks to state-of-the-art equipment as well as surface testing by means of eddy current and consistent individual ring tracking.
Finkernagel employs 90 people. Around 3000 tonnes of wire and 850 tools are processed per month on a production area of 25 000 m².
More information: Finkernagel
About EJOT
EJOT, based in Bad Berleburg, Germany, is a medium-sized group of companies in the metalworking industry and a European market leader in fastening technology.
The company offers a wide range of innovative fasteners, especially thread forming screws for plastics and metals, technically formed parts made of plastic and metal, as well as a complete programme for fastening the outer shell of buildings.
EJOT customers come from the automotive and supplier industry, telecommunications and consumer electronics, or the construction industry. EJOT employs about 4000 people worldwide.
More information: EJOT
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ArcelorMittal Luxembourg invests in a new electric arc furnace for Belval
As part of its decarbonisation process, ArcelorMittal Luxembourg has confirmed its plan to invest in a new electric arc furnace (EAF) at its Long Products Luxembourg site in Belval.
This 67-milion-euro investment is part of a series of projects that were the subject of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed last September between ArcelorMittal Luxembourg and the Ministry of the Economy. This MoU confirms the willingness of the Luxembourg government to financially support this type of strategic investment through the various applicable aid mechanisms. For this project in particular, the subsidies made available by the Luxembourg State amount to approximately 15 million euros.
Another step along the road to decarbonisation
The new Belval electric arc furnace is one of the flagship projects of this Memorandum of Understanding. It will offer improved energy efficiency and an increase in steel production capacity in Luxembourg of almost 15%, reaching 2.5 million tonnes of steel per year. With this new facility replacing the current EAF in operation since 1997, and with additional investments to be made in other areas of the Belval steel plant, ArcelorMittal Luxembourg plants will be self-sufficient in crude steel production capacity to cover the needs of finished rolled products in the Grand Duchy. In particular, Mill A at the ArcelorMittal Rodange site will henceforth be supplied exclusively by this new installation for the production of its numerous ranges of rails and niche products.
Electric arc furnaces produce steel from recycled scrap and can be operated using solely renewable energy. In addition to the advantages of recycling scrap, this process reduces CO2 emissions by a factor of six* compared with conventional steel production using blast furnaces.
The installation of the new electric arc furnace in Belval will start this year with commissioning planned for 2025.
* One tonne of steel produced by the traditional route using blast furnaces generates about 2.2 tonnes of CO2. The same tonne of steel made from recycled scrap melted in an electric arc furnace emits only 600 kgs of CO2. This figure drops to 300 kgs when the electric furnace is operated with renewable energy. As an example, a sheet pile produced by this process has a CO2 balance of 370kg/t.
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ArcelorMittal launches the industry’s first low carbon emission steel tubes with a CO2 emissions reduction of up to 75%
ArcelorMittal has announced the launch of new, low carbon emissions steel tubes. This new solution, made of XCarb® recycled and renewably produced steel, has up to 75% less CO2 equivalent - one of the highest CO2 emissions reduction rates in the steel tube industry. Using XCarb® recycled and renewably produced steel tubes allows customers in the construction, agriculture, and energy sectors to reduce the global CO2 footprint of their projects, products, and finished goods to meet their own decarbonisation targets and align with the Paris climate goals and the European Green Deal.
Low carbon emission steel tubes
Steel tubes are widely used in various structural applications such as building frames and sprinklers, solar structures, windmills, scaffolding, or machinery. ArcelorMittal Europe - Tubular Products, the largest producer of steel tubes manufactured at its 15 sites in Europe, stands at the side of its customers to take part in this transformation.
ArcelorMittal Europe – Tubular Products is now able to produce and offer the first low carbon emissions hollow structural sections using XCarb® recycled and renewably produced steel. This label is applied to steels produced in an electric arc furnace (EAF) using high levels of scrap and 100% renewable electricity. The electricity used comes from renewable sources such as wind and solar and is supplied via a recognised Guarantee of Origin (GoO) scheme. To calculate the total CO2 impact of its low carbon emission steel tubes, customers can use the figures reported in the Environmental Product Declaration (EPD). EPDs are publicly accessible documents based on a Life Cycle Assessment methodology and independently certified by a third party.
Pioneering initiatives
Commenting on the launch, Tanja Mantere, Chief Executive officer of Tubular Products, said: “Today we are realising our vision to position ourselves as the leading provider of low-carbon tubular solutions. Our pioneering initiatives towards a more sustainable steel and tube manufacturing industry are actions we can all be proud of. At ArcelorMittal Europe - Tubular Products, we continue to support our customers in further driving the industry's sustainability into the future”.
ArcelorMittal believes that steel has a critical role to play in helping society decarbonise. As the world’s leading steel company, ArcelorMittal has a significant responsibility to innovate, implement, and navigate a successful pathway toward a cleaner steelmaking industry.
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Reducing the environmental impact of the Seine-Nord Europe Canal with EcoSheetPile™ Plus
The Seine-North Europe Canal is a central link in the Seine-Escaut waterway system. It will enable wide-gauge barges to travel between France, Belgium, and the Netherlands, reaching an annual transport volume of 15 million tonnes of goods. The Société du Canal Seine-Nord-Europe asserts that its ambition is to make this canal a flagship project for environmentally sustainable transport and the energy transition, which is also in tune with local issues. By replacing a million lorry journeys a year, it will significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Two public transhipment platforms are currently under construction at Pimprez and Ribécourt-Dreslincourt. Eventually, they will be linked to the local road network and then to the rail network.
EcoSheetPile™ Plus sheet piles for the Ribécourt and Pimprez quay walls: almost 4000 tonnes of CO2-eq saved
EcoSheetPile™ Plus low carbon emissions steel sheet piles were selected for these projects. They are produced in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg from 100% recycled steel using the electric arc furnace process in ArcelorMittal's steelworks and rolling mills powered exclusively by electricity generated from renewable wind or solar sources. This product range benefits from an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) issued by the Institut Bauen und Umwelt e.V. (IBU) in Germany and is based on a life cycle analysis carried out in accordance with standard NF EN 15804. The EcoSheetPile™ Plus range is part of the ArcelorMittal Group's XCarb® brand, which brings together all its low-carbon steel products and activities.
A life cycle assessment (LCA) [1] for sheet piles at the Pimprez and Ribécourt-Dreslincourt quay walls has been carried out to calculate greenhouse gas emissions during their manufacturing. It was carried out on the basis of three official EPDs: (1) EcoSheetPile™ Plus made through the electrical route with renewable electricity, (2) EcoSheetPile™ made through the electrical route with a standard energy mix, and (3) products from steel made through the primary route from coal and iron ore.
It was calculated that these nearly 2000 tonnes of low carbon emissions sheet piling prevented the emission of around 4000 tonnes of CO2-eq. compared with sheet piles that would have been produced by the primary route using iron ore and coal (716 tonnes of CO2-eq. compared with 4724 tonnes of CO2-eq. for the primary route). The exclusive use of electricity from renewable sources reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 29% compared with the standard energy mix for the electric furnace process in Luxembourg (716 tonnes of CO2-eq. compared with 1007 tonnes).
François Fohl, environmental specialist at ArcelorMittal Sheet Piling, confirms the value of life cycle analyses (LCA): "Our interactions with project owners, designers, and contractors have convinced us of the need to better assess the contribution of our products to the environmental impact of each project. We developed a very practical LCA tool for our steel sheet piles, based on the emissions values published in their official Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs). We are now able to provide a detailed and accurate assessment of the global warming potential of the steel sheet piles we supply to each project, from the production of steel to the end-of-life of the infrastructure. With our support, project stakeholders now have all the data they need to optimise the design and reduce the environmental impact of their projects."
The Ribécourt-Dreslincourt quay
The Ribécourt-Dreslincourt quay consists of a double wall of sheet piles over a length of 150 m. The platform is approximately 20 m wide.
921 tonnes of EcoSheetPile™ Plus sheet piles in XCarb® recycled and renewably produced will be delivered for this part of the project.
Double wall dock: 965 t of steel, including
- 160 m of AZ 13-770 main wall: 205 t
- 160 m of AZ 12-770 anchor wall: 70 t
- 320 m of UPN double U-channels: 30 t
- Tie rods and accessories: 25 t
- 235 m of a combined wall HZ 880M A and AZ 24-700: 646 t
The Pimprez quay
Similar in design to the Ribécourt-Dreslincourt quay, the Pimprez quay is 50 m longer and its eastern connection is 30 m longer. It also features a combined wall of 1015 tonnes of EcoSheetPile™ Plus type HZ-M / AZ sheet piles from the XCarb® recycled and renewably produced range.
Double wall dock: 1080 t of steel, including
- 215 m of AZ 13-770 main wall: 250 t
- 215 m of AZ 12-770 anchor wall: 75 t
- 320 m of UPN double U-channels: 35 t
- Tie rods and accessories: 30 t
- 235 m of a combined wall HZ 880 M A and AZ 13-770: 690 t
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ArcelorMittal Europe Communications
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[1] Modules A1-A3 according to EN 15804: raw materials supply, transport, manufacturing
Full article: Marc Gratier de Saint Louis, sales engineer, ArcelorMittal Sheet Piling, for SolscopeMag June 2023
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