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Global steel production is responsible for around 7% of yearly emissions

It is estimated that steel production is directly responsible for about 3.6 gigatons of carbon dioxide emissions every year - approximately 7% of global emissions.1 2.6 gigatons of emissions are a direct result of steel production, mainly the use of coal-powered blast furnaces, while the other one gigaton comes from the industry’s electricity use.2

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Footnotes​

  1. Wright, L., Liu, X., Wu, I., & Chalasani, S. (2023, June). Steel GHG Emissions Reporting Guidance. Rocky Mountain Institute. https://rmi.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/steel_emissions_reporting_guidance.pdf ↩

  2. Ibid. ↩