The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today issued a flawed rule imposing emission limits on the processing of taconite (iron ore) needed for advanced steelmaking, mandating installation of unproven control technologies to achieve these limits.
Kevin Dempsey, president and CEO of the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), stated, “The American steel industry is the cleanest in the world. Environmentally friendly, domestically produced iron ore pellets lead to much lower emissions than sinter feed iron ore commonly used in China, Japan, India and many other countries. This rule completely fails to balance costs and benefit, and ignores feedback provided by the steel industry, steelworkers and members of Congress. The rule will be a direct detriment to the steel sector and to...