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the metals industry to become greener in the future. The goal of this mission is to create carbon-neutral and future-oriented solutions and process, develop and imple- ment eco-friendly technologies, optimize processes and equipment, promote recy- cling and support its customers in achieving their sustainability targets.
Sustainable projects
During the trade fair, SMS group will be giv- ing an overview of its product and perfor- mance range developed over its 150-year history, spotlighting some of its current reference projects:
thyssenkrupp is building the first hydro- gen-powered direct reduction plant at its Duisburg location, marking the start of one of the biggest industrial decarboniza- tion projects worldwide. SMS group has been placed the order for the engineer- ing, delivery and construction of the plant, including the peripheral facilities. Once in operation, the plant will avoid more than 3.5 million tons of CO2 per year. The order volume for SMS group amounts to over 1.8 billion euros – the largest single order in the history of the company.
SMS has been selected to provide all of the technology and equipment for the H2 Green Steel project in Sweden. The project will see SMS group, including Paul Wurth and its consortium partner Midrex, supply the entire process equipment from ironmaking to the finished steel products for the world’s first industri- al-scale steel plant based on hydrogen and electricity from renewable sources
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and designed to be almost carbon-neutral along the entire process chain.
Primobius, a joint venture SMS has entered into with Australian Neometals, provides innovative solutions in another field. The JV is specialized in the recycling of lithium ion batteries. By means of its novel hydrometallurgical process, over 90 percent of the raw materials contained in LIBs, e.g. nickel, cobalt and lithium, can be highly efficiently recovered and reused in new batteries. The Primobius hydromet- allurgical process achieves higher recy- cling rates than thermal processes and causes almost no CO2 emissions.
For Aurubis, SMS will build a multimetal recycling plant for e-scrap at the Aurubis location in Richmond, USA. This state-of- the-art facility will process complex recycling materials to recover copper, nickel, tin, zinc, precious metals, and platinum group materials for reuse in the value creation chain, thus making an important contribution to resource-saving production.
SMS group’s new Lifecycle Services port- folio is geared towards making processes more sustainable and more energy-effi- cient. To this end, SMS has combined the areas of Electrics & Automation, Technical Service and Digitalization into a powerful integrated unit.
This new set-up makes it possible to pro- vide integrated solutions that ensure and even enhance the performance of produc- tion plants during their entire lifecycle. The solutions focus on performance indicators, such as plant availability, product quality,
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