The steel industry is steadily moving towards the medium-high end

On the way forward, in addition to coping with environmental pressure, the steel industry has to crack another issue: breaking the resource constraint and enhancing the ability to safeguard iron resources.

At present, there are three main sources of iron resources in China: overseas ore, domestic ore and scrap steel. "Multiple measures should be taken at the same time to establish a stable and reliable diversified raw material supply system." He Wenbo gave suggestions: First, open up green channels to strengthen domestic iron ore development; Second, strengthen international cooperation to diversify supply; The third is to speed up the recycling of scrap steel and make good use of scrap resources.

"Good use of scrap resources" can kill two birds with one stone: it can reduce iron ore consumption in production, but also help reduce carbon emissions. Different from the blast furnace and converter process with iron ore as the main raw material, the pollutant emission and carbon emission intensity of the electric furnace process with scrap steel as the main raw material are lower, only equivalent to about 25% of the former. The relevant departments have proposed that by 2025, the proportion of electric steel production in the total output of crude steel will increase to more than 15%.

The innovation capacity has been significantly enhanced, the industrial structure has been continuously optimized, green and low-carbon has been further promoted, resource security has been greatly improved, and the quality of supply has been continuously improved. In February this year, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and other departments issued the "Guidance on Promoting the high-quality Development of the Steel Industry", which clarified the target path for the development of the steel industry in the next period of time. "Under the background of the impact of the novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic and the reconstruction of the global industrial chain, the advantages of China's steel industry chain being relatively complete and relatively strong technological autonomy have been further highlighted." He Wenbo is convinced that in the future, the steel industry will move steadily on the path of high-quality development and better meet the needs of development.