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High Tide's Labrador West Iron Project and its role in the Decarbonization of the Iron and Steel Industry
TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / October 4, 2023 / High Tide Resources Corp. (" High Tide " or the "...
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[{"type":"text","content":"High Tide's Labrador West Iron Project and its role in the Decarbonization of the Iron and Steel IndustryTORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / October 4, 2023 / High Tide Resources Corp. (\"High Tide\" or the \"Company\") (CSE:HTRC) announces today that preliminary analytical test work completed on its flagship Labrador West Iron Project (\"Lab West\" or the \"Project\") indicates the potential to beneficiate (process) iron ore to allow the Company to produce Direct Reduction (\"DR\") Quality Iron Ore Pellets. DR Pellets are a critical step in supplying the raw material that will allow low-carbon, and eventually zero-carbon, emission steel to be produced.Michael T. Zurowski, Executive Vice President of High Tide states, \"The Company has identified a path forward that will see it develop an important iron ore project in Canada that will have a very meaningful impact on global CO2 emissions in regard to the iron and steel industry. We are seeing North American, and European steel production, expanding via the Electric Arc Furnaces (\"EAF\") that require inputs of high-quality scrap metal and DR pellets that are currently hard to source. The transition to sustainable low-carbon steel making is expanding, and much greener than traditional methods. The EAF steel making process emits ~70% less CO2 and will require the high-purity and high-value DR iron pellets that High Tide's Lab West plans to produce.\"Carbon Emission ReductionIn Canada, ArcelorMittal Dofasco is progressing work on a C$1.8 billion Direct Reduction Iron (\"DRI\") and EAF investment as part of its effort to reduce its worldwide carbon emission footprint by 30% by 2030. Algoma Steel is building a C$703 million EAF plant to replace its Blast Oxygen Furnace (\"BOF\"). Both Projects received significant investment from the Provincial and Federal Governments.https://corporate.arcelormittal.com/media/press-releases/arcelormittal-breaks-ground-on-first-transformational-low-carbon-emissions-steelmaking-projecthttps://www.northernontariobusiness.com/industry-news/manufacturing/algoma-steels-electric-arc-furnace-project-taking-shape-7168748In its publication \"Pedal to the Metal\", September 2022, Wood Mackenzie, a leading research, insight, and consultancy service, estimated that the Iron and Steel Industry (\"ISI\") would need to spend US$1.4 trillion to reach the 1.5-degree target by ...