Impact of changing technology on the demand for metallurgical coal and coke produced in the United States to 1985
The Bureau of Mines sponsored a study of the impact of changing technology on the demands for metallurgical coal and coke to 1985. Individual technologies were analyzed to determine what effect each had on the demands for and the consequent consumption of metallurgical coal and coke in the steel industry. The domestic steel industry demand for metallurgical coal and coke for the production of hot metal will probably increase through 1985. Formcoke if implemented on a worldwide basis could begin to supplant the U.S. export market for metallurgical coal. The major technologies that have contributed to the decline in demand for metallurgical coke per ton of hot metal are (1) the increased usage coupled with higher iron content of agglomerates, (2) modification of blast furnace practices such as high top pressures and blast temperatures, and (3) increases in the injection of supplemental fuels. The projected demands for metallurgical coal and coke under current technology for 1985 are 109.4 and 76.0 million tons, respectively. With future technology implemented, the demand for metallurgical coal and coke will be 82.0 and 56.9 million tons, respectively. The projected domestic demand for metallurgical coke could further decrease by as much as 15 to 20 million tons by 1985 if formcoking proves technologically and economically feasible.
- Research Organization:
- Bureau of Mines, Pittsburgh, PA (USA). Eastern Field Operation Center
- OSTI ID:
- 7312704
- Report Number(s):
- BM-IC-8677
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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