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An advanced coke oven went into operations at a Nippon Steel Corp plant in Oita this month. The test oven, which uses more lower-quality, cheaper coal than conventional ovens, can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 400,000 tons a year.
It is the first oven to use advanced technology developed jointly with rival steelmakers under the initiative of the Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry.
The 37-billion-yen oven can produce about one million tons of coke a year. It is scheduled to begin full operations in January 2010.
Nippon Steel plans to provide rivals with technical assistance to put the new technology on about 50 ovens industrywide in Japan.
© JCN
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captainjohann
Sir, If this technology can reduce 400,000 tons of CO2 emissions per year, then it should be given FREE of cost to the world so that it reduces pollution in the world. But then the rich japan is not famous for philanthropy.
medievaltimes
DAMN! 1 Million tons of coke a year! I cant believe they are so blatantly producing this stuff and the government isnt doing anything about it!