steel scrap use rose 10.1% in 2018 as China cut emissions

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Steel scrap usage rose 10.1% to 469.3 million mt last year in countries that represent 81% of global steel production, as nations including China strive to reduce carbon emissions, Rolf Willeke, ferrous division statistical adviser to International Recycling Bureau BIR said Tuesday. Crude steel production via scrap-based electric arc furnaces grew 12% to 524 million mt. It represented 29.4% of the 1.808 billion mt of total crude steel production, according to World Steel Association figured. Global crude steel production increased by 4.5% in 2018.