Around 90% of water used in the steel industry is cleaned, cooled and returned to source. Most of the loss is due to evaporation. Water returned to rivers and other sources is often cleaner than when extracted.
The energy used to produce a tonne of steel has been reduced by around 60% in the last 50 years.
Steel is the most recycled material in the world, with around 630 Mt recycled annually.
Steel is the main material used in delivering renewable energy: solar, tidal, geothermal and wind.
In 2020, The recovery and use of steel industry co-products has reached a worldwide material efficiency rate of 97.86%.
