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Vale makes first coal-free pellet
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Vale says it has, for the first time, managed to produce commercial-quality iron ore pellet on an industrial scale without using anthracite coal. In a test carried out in a pellet plant in Vargem Grande, Minas Gerais, Vale replaced 100% of the fossil fuel with biocarbon, Kallanish notes.
Anthracite coal accounts for around 50% of carbon dioxide emissions in pellet production, which is Vale’s most carbon-intensive process in terms of direct com…
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