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THE EUROPEAN STEEL THE EUROPEAN STEEL TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMTECHNOLOGY PLATFORM

Dr. J.C Charbonnier.

Chairman of the Support Group

Brussels

December 16th, 2005

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2. A Steel Technology Platform2. A Steel Technology Platform….….

…as a response to the challenges of the European steel industry, to:

• assume a sustainable and global leadership in the coming 30 years

• strengthen industrial manufacturing sectors• boost innovation as a response to

competitiveness, growth and employment • propose a long term R&D vision

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Total budget for the SRA implementationTotal budget for the SRA implementation

• Around 1.7 B€ over a15-year period (2007/2021…)

• Of which (200+500 M€) for the industrialisation of ULCOS (in the event of success at the end of the 1st phase)

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ESTEP’s SRA objectives ESTEP’s SRA objectives meet those of meet those of the the FP7 programmeFP7 programme

Proposal for a Decision (EC/EP) for the 7th FP*

Objectives: cooperation

Themes: •– Health;•– Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology;•– Information and Communication Technologies;•– Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies;•– Energy;•– Environment (including Climate Change);•– Transport (including Aeronautics);•– Socio-economic Sciences and the Humanities;•– Security and Space.

•Communication – 6th AprilCommunication – 6th AprilSeptember 21 thSeptember 21 th

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Partnership with the EIBPartnership with the EIB

• 1 example of running project

• 1 possible project for the future

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to recycle residues generated by metallurgical processes to reach a “Zero Waste” process

to recover all valuable products Zinc oxide pig iron inert slag

PRIMUSPRIMUS®® Industrial objectives Industrial objectives

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PRIMUS® process

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• Plant location: Differdange Luxembourg (ARBED site)• Operator: PRIMOREC S.A.

main share holder: PAUL WURTH S.A., Arcelor

• Plant capacity: 80,000 t/y EAF-dust + oily mill sludge• Products: 27,000 t/y PRIMUS® oxide

22,000 t/y pig iron16,000 t/y slag

• Start of operation: from August 2003 (EAF dust)• Staff: 65 persons• Invest: 35 Mio €

Company profileCompany profile

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ESTEP and the EIB: what about future projects ?

• EIB is already familiar with large steel projects (Automotive programmes, environment…)

• EIB participates in Working groups and in the 3 ESTEP committees

• EIB participation is envisaged for the second and third phases (pilot & demonstration, industrialisation of the ULCOS project ?)

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Phase 12004/2009

SP1 – New Blast Furnace

SP8 – New Advanced C-lean & C-based Route to Steel

SP2 – New Smelting Reduction

SP3 – New NG Route to Steel

SP4 – Hydrogen steel production

SP5 –Electrolysis steel production

SP6 –CO2 Capture & Storage for steelmaking

SP9 – Scenarios, sustainability, innovation, training & dissemination

Project Management

ULCOS – RFCSFP6

SP10 – New C – based Steel production

SP11 – New adv.C- based Steel production

SP14 -

ULCOS -

ProcessFor Steel Production

SP12 – New Nat Gas – basedSteel Production

SP13 – New Electricity – basedSteel Production

Phase 2: 2007/2015Phase 3: <2015

SP7 – Biomass – based Steel production

ULCOS

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ESTEP: proposal for a JTIESTEP: proposal for a JTI

• ESTEP is focussed on European objectives: the Green House Gas and Energy issues

• A consortium already existing in the framework of ULCOS

• A long term industrial R&D programme• An important financial commitment of the steel

industry• A need for a critical mass of resources

(European, national and regional)• High investment costs