Steinert touts SteelMaster results

Germany-based equipment and technology firm Steinert has released a new brochure and video touting scrap quality upgrades that can be achieved with its SteelMaster system.

“The steel recycling industry is one of the oldest and most important members of the recycling community,” writes the company. “With electric arc furnaces (EAFs) in the value chain, ferrous scrap purity continues to pressure resource efficiency. It is the use of steel scrap in new steel production, not iron ore and coking coal, that preserves natural resources,” the firm adds.

Steinert says SteelMaster plays a part in several ways: its role in the recovery and purification of ferrous scrap from shredding plants; its ability to take part in the cleaning of heavy melting scrap (HMS) from produced by scrap shearing processes; and SteelMaster’s role in the recovery and upgrade of ferrous products from e-scrap and other “lighter” mixed scrap material streams.

“By recycling steel, scarce raw materials are preserved, energy is saved, and the environment is spared considerable carbon dioxide emissions along with other waste products,” the equipment company writes.

For scrap processing firms, Steinert says its sorting equipment “is key to unlock the value of ferrous scrap streams and avoid potential steel mill penalties and to refine the pathway to a circular economy."

For every ton of steel scrap that is used instead of primary raw materials in steel production, 1.67 tons of ore and 0.5 tons of energy resources (coal, coke, heavy fuel) do not need to be mined, transported long distances and consumed, according to Steinert. “But producing recycled raw materials for the manufacturing industry first requires the materials to be sorted,” adds Steinert.

The company’s “Solution Guide on Steel Recycling” can be found on this web page and a video about a SteelMaster application can be viewed here.