Germany-based steelmakerThyssenkrupphas announced that it has started construction of a scrap processing plant in Duisburg.
The plant will produce a high-quality recycled raw material intended for use in the Duisburg blast furnaces ofThyssenkrupp. The new plant will be able to produce up to 260,000 mt of carbon-reduced bluemint® recycled steel.
The processing plant is part of the REDERS project (reduced carbon emissions through increased recycling quota in thesteelmakingprocess) funded by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia to the amount of €6.4 million.