Efficient Use of Resources
Efficient Use of Resources
We continually seek smart alternatives to reduce, reuse, and recover the waste we generate in our operations. To this end, we identify opportunities throughout the entire production process, develop innovative products, and seek new markets with the help of our R&D+i department and in collaboration with users, universities, and technology centers.
Water
In steel production, water is a fundamental resource used as a cooling agent for both production equipment and the product.
Sidenor has applied the best available environmental techniques considered by the European Union to optimize the use of water resources.
Separating direct (dirty) cooling water circuits from indirect (clean) cooling water circuits.
Optimization of water purification systems. These are implemented to avoid contaminating the receiving environment and to allow for internal reuse.
Closing circuits so that we can reuse most of the water. Currently, some of our factories achieve reuse rates above 95%.
Sidenor water collection
The process of optimizing the use of water resources is summarized in the following graph:
We have reduced discharges by more than 200,000 m³ in the last 5 years.
Energy Efficiency
At Sidenor, it is essential to optimize energy consumption throughout our entire production process.
We are committed to improving energy efficiency every year
To this end, each year, each industrial area, in collaboration with the Environment and Energy Department, identifies opportunities for improvement, that are then used to develop the Energy Efficiency Plan.
Energy efficiency optimization at Sidenor
The energy development and implementation process is summarized in the following chart:
- Natural gas efficiency (kWh/t)
- Electricity efficiency (kWh/t)
