Hanwa Co., Ltd.

Recycling of Steel Scrap

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Components of temporary structures that have finished their roles at a construction site, steel products generated by demolishing buildings, ends of steel sheets that have been trimmed off at factories, and other such pieces are disposed of as steel scrap.
We collect this steel scrap from construction sites and various factories and supply them to manufacturers with electric arc furnaces to circulate the material into the production of new steel products.
Supplying steel scrap as a source of steel to companies with electric arc furnaces, which emit less carbon dioxide than blast furnaces, means that we are also contributing to reducing carbon dioxide emissions.

steel scrap
Recycling of Steel Scrap

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The move to reduce carbon dioxide emissions is growing stronger globally, and the shift from blast furnaces to electric arc furnaces in steel production is being encouraged in China as well. This means that the demand for steel scrap is growing. China had halted imports of steel scrap a few years earlier due to contamination by other materials, but because scrap generated in China will not be able to meet the coming demand, import of high-quality steel scrap resumed in 2021 under the category “recycled iron and steel raw materials.” We are among those who have started exporting them to China.

Steel scrap to be exported

Steel scrap to be exported

Unloading in China

Unloading in China

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