Maire S.p.A. announces that its subsidiary NextChem and Marcegaglia Group have signed a contract for a feasibility study to accelerate the decarbonization of Marcegaglia’s steel plant in Ravenna (Emilia Romagna region, Northern Italy). The study refers to the installation of carbon capture units from flue gases. Upon a successful completion of the feasibility study, NextChem will involve the group’s Integrated E&C Solutions Business Unit for the execution of the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED).
These solutions, once implemented, have the potential to capture approximately 285 tons per day of CO2 that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere. NextChem will provide a full assessment of the steel plant decarbonization capacity and will define the technical specifications for the carbon capture solutions.
Marcegaglia, a leading industrial group in the steel processing sector worldwide, is actively seeking to reduce its CO2 emission intensity by implementing significant decarbonization activities within the areas of logistics, utilities and energy procurement.
The annual production capacity of pickling at Marcegaglia’s Ravenna plant is 3 mln tons. Additionally, the plant has a cold rolling capacity of 2.2 mln tons, a galvanizing capacity of 1.8 mln tons, and a pre-painting steel capacity of 600,000 tons. The plant also features a service center capable of slitting and cut-to-length processing for carbon steel coils, with a capacity of 1.1 mln tons.
