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trials, at ArcelorMittal's Gent steel blast furnace in Belgium
and another plant in North America, also involve Japan's
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering (MHIENG), which
developed the carbon capture technology, and Mitsubishi
Development Pty, another supplier of steel-making coal.
By discharging over 3 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide a year,
the steel industry accounts for 7-9% of global greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions.
"What's really interesting in this partnership is that ... it is
not a desktop exercise but a real world application in an
operational plant," said BHP Chief Commercial Officer Vandita
Pant.
The world's number one miner produced more than 37 million
tonnes of metallurgical coal, an essential ingredient to produce
steel, in the financial year to June.
Large mining companies have been partnering with technology
firms and others in the supply chain to find ways to reduce
their carbon footprint and help reduce emissions in some of the
most energy-intensive industries.
BHP's partnerships, for example, also include one with India's
Tata Steel, which uses biomass as a source of energy.
"There isn't a silver bullet, there isn't one path or technology
for low-carbon emissions in steelmaking," Pant said.
"We are covering many different technologies and geographies
with these partnerships ... to enable lower GHG emissions steel
and support the reduction of carbon intensity in blast
furnaces," Pant said.
(Reporting by Clara Denina; Editing by Tomasz Janowski)
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