U.S. EAFs Have Head Start in Race to Go Green: CRU's Smith

U.S. electric-arc furnace mills have a leg up on the world when it comes to meeting new carbon emissions standards–for now, said CRU Senior Analyst Ryan Smith.

That’s according to a “carbon curve” Smith presented that is part of CRU Group’s Emissions Analysis Tool.

Michael Cowden

Michael Cowden is managing editor for Steel Market Update. Cowden has covered the steel industry since 2007. He has since 2014 specialized in flat-rolled steel but has previously reported on steel long products, steel pipe and tube as well as aluminum. Before joining SMU, Cowden held reporting jobs at Fastmarkets AMM in Chicago - where he was involved in launching AMM's daily hot-rolled coil index, the Associated Press in Pittsburgh, and the Cambodia Daily in Phnom Penh. He has also worked as a copy editor and in marketing at the University of Chicago Press. Cowden has a BA in English from the University of Chicago and an MSJ journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. Contact him at michael@steelmarketupdate.com or 724-759-7872.

Michael Cowden

Latest in Steel Products

EXECUTIVE article – Testing taxonomy functions as an SMU author

HRC futures: Consolidation ahead of a big move?

Tharu Test

Test Training – hot rolled

Steel Buyers: Actively Playing or Watching From the Sidelines?