Mark Trapp and Jeremy Jones (CIX), Heiner Guschall (SICON) and Dan Pflaum (Gamma-Tech). AISTech 2025 Proceedings of the Iron & Steel Technology Conference, Nashville. DOI: 10.33313/389/080. Winner of AIST's 2026 Charles W. Briggs Award.
Scrap is the largest cost in EAF steelmaking and the biggest driver of its carbon footprint. Using a value-in-use model and real scrap processing trials on shredded and heavy melt scrap, this paper shows that upgrading scrap quality pays for itself in operating cost, productivity, CO2 footprint and steel quality.
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