• Atmospheric CO2 /Parts per Million /Annual Averages /Data Source: noaa.gov

  • 1980338.91ppm

  • 1981340.11ppm

  • 1982340.86ppm

  • 1983342.53ppm

  • 1984344.07ppm

  • 1985345.54ppm

  • 1986346.97ppm

  • 1987348.68ppm

  • 1988351.16ppm

  • 1989352.78ppm

  • 1990354.05ppm

  • 1991355.39ppm

  • 1992356.1ppm

  • 1993356.83ppm

  • 1994358.33ppm

  • 1995360.18ppm

  • 1996361.93ppm

  • 1997363.04ppm

  • 1998365.7ppm

  • 1999367.8ppm

  • 2000368.97ppm

  • 2001370.57ppm

  • 2002372.59ppm

  • 2003375.14ppm

  • 2004376.96ppm

  • 2005378.97ppm

  • 2006381.13ppm

  • 2007382.9ppm

  • 2008385.01ppm

  • 2009386.5ppm

  • 2010388.76ppm

  • 2011390.63ppm

  • 2012392.65ppm

  • 2013395.39ppm

  • 2014397.34ppm

  • 2015399.65ppm

  • 2016403.09ppm

  • 2017405.22ppm

  • 2018407.62ppm

  • 2019410.07ppm

  • 2020412.44ppm

  • 2021414.72ppm

  • 2022418.56ppm

  • 2023421.08ppm

Japan/UAE partnership to study ‘green steel’ supply chains

Japanese steel manufacturer JFE Steel has announced a partnership with Japanese trading company Itochu Corporation and Emirates Steel Arakan, the largest steel company in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), to investigate the feasibility of supply chains needed for low-emission iron and steel production. The feasibility studies are aimed at supply chains of ferrous raw material to be produced by Emirates Steel. The companies expect the use of the new raw material to reduce the carbon footprint of iron ore reduction: According to the companies, around 80% of the CO2 emissions from steelmaking via blast furnaces come from the iron ore reduction process. They added: “CO2 emissions can be reduced by using the ferrous material as the iron source rather than using coke to reduce the iron ore. JFE Steel plans to use the ferrous material produced through this project as a steelmaking raw material and promote CO2 emissions reduction.”

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