CSSBI - Sustainability In Steel

Sustainability in Steel

Today's steel is produced using two technologies both of which require "old" (recycled scrap) steel to make "new" steel.
Steel is the world's most recycled material, and in North America, over 70 million tonnes of steel are recycled or exported for recycling annually.
Two out of every three kilograms of new steel are produced from "old" steel.
Steel possesses a unique material property unrivalled by other materials in that it can be recycled both up and down the product value chain without degrading its structural strength & other chemical properties.
The North American steel industry has been recovering and recycling steel scrap for over 150 years through over 1,800 scrap processors and a network of 12,000 auto dismantlers across the Continent.
The steel industry is Canada's largest steel recycler recovering and re-using over 8 million tonnes of steel scrap every year.
Canadian steel producers use the basic oxygen furnace (BOF) and electric arc furnace (EAF) technologies interchangeably to supply construction market end uses.
The total recycled content found in Canadian manufactured steel used for steel building products is a minimum of 25% in the case of BOF and greater than 95% in the case of EAF.