Steel Market in Energy

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Energy is essential for development. Worldwide 1.3 billion people continue to live without access to electricity, equivalent to 18% of the global population. Nearly 97% of those without access to electricity live in sub-Saharan Africa and developing Asia. Giving everyone access will require strong growth in energy supply. Global energy demand is set to grow by 37% by 2040, according to IEA.

Steel is critical for supplying the world with energy. Whether based on fossil fuels, nuclear technology or renewables, steel is indispensable in producing and distributing this energy. Steel also has an important role to play in improving the efficiency of these energy sources.

Steel is used in all areas of renewable energy.

• Biomass: steel is used extensively in agriculture.
• Solar: steel plays a key role in converting solar energy into electricity or hot water. It is used as a base for solar thermal-panels and in pumps, tanks and heat exchangers.
• Wave and tidal: a steel pile is the main component of a tidal turbine in tidal energy systems. Steel is also used to fabricate wave energy devices. The steel used is formulated to withstand the challenges of the marine environment.
• Hydroelectric: steel is needed to reinforce concrete dams.
• Wind: steel is the main material used in onshore and off-shore wind turbines. Almost every component of a wind turbine is made of steel, from the foundation, to the tower, gears and casings (see Steel Solutions in the Green Economy: Wind turbines).

Steel is used in nuclear and fossil fuel-based energy:

• mining equipment
• offshore oil platforms
• equipment for oil and gas extraction and production
• natural gas and oil pipelines and storage tanks
• power plants.

Steel is used for the production and distribution of electricity:

• transformers (magnetic steel core)
• generators and electric motors
• power distribution pylons and steel-reinforced cables.
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Steel is used for energy transport and distribution:

• ships, trucks and trains used to transport fuel
• transport networks: steel is required for bridges, tunnels, rail track, and in constructing buildings such as fueling stations, train stations, ports and airports.

Innovative steel solutions contribute to improved efficiency

Below are a few examples of how steel is being used to improve the efficiency of energy production.

Transformers: Transformers step down the voltage from power stations to household voltage. The magnetic core of transformers is made of steel. As a result of continual development and increased application of new electrical steel grades, the energy loss in modern transformers can be reduced by 35% compared to conventional ones.

Wind towers: Steel provides the strength for taller, more efficient wind turbines.

Fossil fuel power plants:

• High temperature-resistant steels have made efficiency in steam power plants possible and have the potential to be developed and employed even further.
• Combined heat and power (CHP) allows waste heat in power plants to be used for power generation as heat energy, increasing the overall efficiency of fossil fuel power plants. The waste heat is transported exclusively in steel pipes.
• Steel’s role in energy production and distribution.

Steel Market in Transport

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Mobility is essential to our modern way of life. The efficient transport of goods has become key to our ever more globalised economy. Freight, for example, has almost doubled over the past 30 years.

Steel provides strong, safe and sustainable transport solutions

Steel facilitates our mobility and the transport of goods. Whether in the form of bicycles, motorcycles, cars, buses, trains, ships or planes – or in the transport networks that support them – steel is essential to every mode of transport. Continuously reinforced concrete roadways are structurally supported by steel rebar and help to improve fuel efficiency for large vehicles.

Steel is well-suited to transport applications because it is durable, strong (providing safety in the case of collision), lightweight, UV-resistant, affordable, and 100% recyclable. Innovations in design and the development of new high-strength steels have also played a key role in improving the efficiency of many of these transport modes whilst at the same time considerably reducing life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (see automotive section).

How steel is used in transport 

Including automotive, around 16% of steel produced worldwide is used to meet society’s transport needs. Steel is also essential to the related infrastructure: roads, bridges, ports, stations, airports and fueling.  

Some major applications include:

For ships and shipping containers

Shipbuilding traditionally uses structural steel plate to fabricate ship hulls. Modern steel plates have much higher tensile strengths than their predecessors, making them much better suited to the efficient construction of large container ships. A particular type of plate is available with a designed resistance to corrosion, ideal for building oil tankers. Such steels make possible much lighter vessels than before, or larger-capacity vessels of the same weight, offering significant opportunities to save on fuel consumption and hence CO₂. Shipping containers are also made of steel. In 2012, an estimated number of 20.5 million containers of varying types made up the worldwide container fleet.

For trains and rail cars

Rail transport requires steel in the trains and for the rails and infrastructure. For short or medium haul journeys, rail reduces travel times and CO₂emissions per passenger kilometer compared to nearly all other forms of transport.

Steel makes up 20-25% of the mass of high speed trains.The main steel components of these trains are bogies (the structure underneath the trains including wheels, axels, bearings and motors). Freight or goods wagons are made almost entirely of steel.

For aeroplanes

Steel is required for the landing gear.

For infrastructure

Transport networks: steel is used in bridges, tunnels, rail track, and in constructing buildings such as fueling stations, train stations, ports and airports. About 60% of steel use in infrastructure is rebar. The rest is sections and rail track.

Steel Market in Buildings and infrastructure

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Construction is one of the most important steel-using industries, accounting for more than 50% of world steel production. Buildings - from houses to car-parks to schools and skyscrapers - rely on steel for their strength. Steel is also used on roofs and as cladding for exterior walls.

According to the UN's latest forecast dating July 2015, world population willreach 8.5 billion in 2030 and 9.7 billion in 2050.^.This will be accompanied by rapid urbanisation. As the need for buildings and infrastructure continues to grow worldwide, reducing consumption of natural resources and associated emissions is crucial for future sustainability.

Steelmakers around the world are increasingly providing construction solutions that enable energy-efficient and low-carbon-neutral buildings. These solutions reduce the environmental impact over the structures’ life cycle and help to extend their life span through design for disassembly and reuse.

Steel can provide the solutions to infrastructure and construction needs in developing countries and in climate resilient cities through enabling protective coastal and wind-resistant designs. While buildings currently account for about 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions, they also present many opportunities for reducing emissions and mitigating climate change.

Not only is steel affordable, readily available and safer, its intrinsic properties, such as strength, versatility, durability and 100% recyclability allow for improved environmental performance across the entire life cycle of buildings. 

The advanced high-strength steels used in steel-plate applications also find uses in a number of related industries. Offshore oil rigs, bridges, civil engineering and construction machines, rail carriages, tanks and pressure vessels, nuclear, thermal and hydroelectric plants – all these applications benefit from the attributes of modern steels.

How steel is used in buildings and infrastructure

The possibilities for using steel in buildings and infrastructure are limitless. The most common applications are listed below.

For buildings

• Structural sections: these provide a strong, stiff frame for the building andmake up 25% of the steel use in buildings.
• Reinforcing bars: these add tensile strength and stiffness to concrete andmake up 44% of steel use in buildings. Steel is used because it binds well to concrete, has a similar thermal expansion coefficient and is strong and relatively cost-effective. Reinforced concrete is also used to provide deep foundations and basements and is currently the world’s primary building material.
• Sheet products: 31% is in sheet products such as roofing, purlins, internal walls, ceilings, cladding, and insulating panels for exterior walls.
• Non-structural steel: steel is also found in many non-structural applications in buildings, such as heating and cooling equipment and interior ducting.
• Internal fixtures and fittings such as rails, shelving and stairs are also made of steel. 

For infrastructure

• Transport networks: steel is required for bridges, tunnels, rail track and in constructing buildings such as fueling stations, train stations, ports and airports. About 60% of steel use in this application is as rebar and the rest is sections, plates and rail track.
• Utilities (fuel, water, power): over 50% of the steel used for this application is in underground pipelines to distribute water to and from housing, and to distribute gas. The rest is mainly rebar for power stations and pumping houses.

There is always a good reason to choose steel.

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Steel allows you to make the best material choice regardless of what you want to do. The excellence and variety of its properties mean steel is always the answer.

Key facts:

• Steel is safer to use because its strength is consistent and can be designed to withstand high-impact crashes.
   
• Steel offers the most economic and the highest strength to weight ratio of any building material.
   
• Steel is the material of choice because of its availability, strength, versatility, ductility, and recyclability.
   
• Steel buildings are designed to be easy to assemble and disassemble, ensuring big environmental savings.
   
• Steel bridges are four to eight times lighter than those built from concrete.
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Stainless Steel Development Associations (SSDAs)

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Here list some official website for stainless steel assocition of different area/country, hope it helps you.

Australian Stainless Steel Development Associations (ASSDA)http://www.assda.asn.au/

Brazilian Stainless Steel Development Association (Nucleoinox)http://www.nucleoinox.org.br/

British Stainless Steel Association (BSSA)http://www.bssa.org.uk/

Cedinox (Spain)www.cedinox.es

Edelstahl-Vereinigung e.V. (Stahl-Zentrum)http://www.stahl-online.de

Euroferhttp://www.eurofer.org/

Indian Stainless Steel Development Association (ISSDA)http://www.stainlessindia.org/

Informationstelle Edelstahl Rostfrei (ISER)
http://www.edelstahl-rostfrei.de/ 

Institut de Developpement de l'Inox (France)http://www.idinox.com/

Instituto Mexicano del Inoxidable AC (Mexico)http://www.iminox.org.mx

International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF)http://www.worldstainless.org/

Italian Stainless Steel Development Association (Centro Inox)http://www.centroinox.it/

Japan Stainless Steel Association (JSSA)http://www.jssa.gr.jp/

Jernkontoret (Swedish Steel Producers' Association)http://www.jernkontoret.se/

Korea Iron & Steel Associationhttp://www.kosa.or.kr/

New Zealand Stainless Steel Development Association (NZSSDA)http://www.nzssda.org.nz/MainMenu

Paslanmaz Celik Dernegi (Association of Stainless Steel Industrialists and Businessmen)http://www.pasiad.org.tr/

Russian Stainless Steel Development Association(SPETSSTAL)http://eng.ussa.su/

Southern Africa Stainless Steel Development Association (SASSDA)http://www.sassda.co.za/

Specialty Steel Industry of North America (SSINA)http://www.ssina.com/index2.html

Stainless Steel Council of China Special Steel Enterprises Association (CSSC)
http://www.cssc.org.cn/english/

Stainless Steel Appeal (U.K.)http://www.stainlessappeal.com/

Swiss Inoxhttp://www.swissinox.ch

Taiwan Steel and Iron Industries Associationhttp://www.tsiia.org.tw/

Thai Stainless Steel Development Associationhttp://www.tssda.org/

Union de Empresas Siderúrgicas
http://www.unesid.org/

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• In 2015, 75 members of worldsteel signed a charter committing them to improve social, economic and environmental performance.
   
• Steel is an integral part of the circular economy promoting zero waste, reuse of resources and recycling, thus helping build a sustainable future.
   
•  Steel helps people in times of natural disasters; earthquakes, storms, flooding, and other catastrophes are mitigated by steel products.
   
•  Sustainability reporting at a global level is one of the major efforts that the steel industry undertakes to manage its performance, demonstrate its commitment to sustainability and to enhance transparency. We are one of the few industries to have done so since 2004.
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