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The iron and steel industry is the largest energy-consuming manufacturing industry in the world. In 1990, its global energy consumption was estimated to be 18–19 EJ, or 10–15% of the annual industrial energy consumption [WEC, 1995]. Figure 5.1 shows that the annual world steel production has increased from about 100 million tonnes in 1945 to about 770 million tonnes in 1990 [IISI, 1992; IISI, 1996a]. The global steel production is expected to grow further by about 1.7% a year, mainly because of an increase in steel consumption in developing countries [Tilton, 1990; WEC, 1995]. At present the apparent steel consumption per capita in these countries is only one seventh of that in OECD-countries, but this situation is likely to change [WEC, 1995]. Whereas the crude steel production in OECD countries has remained fairly stable at 320–370 million tonnes per year since 1980, the production in developing countries is growing steadily at a rate of more than 6% annually and reached about 240 million tonnes in 1993 [WEC, 1995]. This growth is expected to continue. As a result, the global steel production might rise to 1280 million tonnes in the year 2020, assuming a business-as-usual scenario. In this scenario the global energy consumption of the iron and steel industry is projected to increase to more than 25 EJ in the year 2020 [WEC, 1995].
Published in: Annual Review of Energy and Environment (23) 1998, p123–205. Coauthors: Ernst Worrell (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley CA, USA) and Kornelis Blok (Department of Science, Technology and Society, Utrecht University).
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de Beer, J. (2000). Future Technologies for Energy-Efficient Iron and Steel Making. In: Potential for Industrial Energy-Efficiency Improvement in the Long Term. Eco-Efficiency in Industry and Science, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2728-0_5
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