Cradle to Consumer
Identity ID
6811a0cd-e3fd-499e-ab3b-1cb01566de5c
Materials
Associated ID
f7432155-e8cb-470a-bfba-38def1b4fd54
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Description
This is a market dataset. Each market represents the consumption mix of products within a specific geographic region, considering transportation to consumers and associated losses during this process. This activity represents the supply of Chinese billet to steel manufacturing consumption activities. The data are based on statistics from China Customs, China Statistical Yearbook, and China Iron and Steel Industry Yearbook.
Activity Description
This dataset is a market activity dataset, where each market represents a consumption mix of products within a specific region. Markets cover producers and importers of the product within the same geographical area, considering transportation to consumers and associated losses during this process.
Process Description
Billet is a primary product obtained by casting molten steel produced in a steelmaking furnace, typically in the form of slabs (for sheet products), blooms (for section and wire products), or tube blanks. It is an important semi-finished product in the steel industry, possessing good plasticity and machinability. Billets serve as raw materials for downstream processes and can be transformed through rolling, forging, drawing, and other processing methods into finished steel products of various specifications and shapes, such as steel plates, steel tubes, and steel bars. Billets are widely used in construction, machinery manufacturing, shipbuilding, automotive manufacturing, and other fields for producing various components and structural materials. Carbon steel, also known as plain-carbon steel, has a carbon content of approximately 0. 0.02%-2%. Carbon steel is divided into high-carbon steel, medium-carbon steel, and low-carbon steel. The higher the carbon content, the higher the hardness, strength, and wear resistance of the steel after heat treatment, but it also becomes more brittle. The lower the carbon content, the softer and more ductile the steel.
Time period
2021
2026
Geography
China
Macroeconomic value
Business-as-Usual
Data validation
Yes
Technology
Current Technology
Technology comment
Steelmaking processes mainly include basic oxygen steelmaking and electric arc furnace steelmaking. Basic oxygen steelmaking is a common steel production method that removes impurities such as sulfur and phosphorus from molten steel through high-temperature combustion and oxygen blowing. By controlling the amount of oxygen injected and the processing time, the oxygen atmosphere and reaction conditions inside the furnace are regulated, thereby controlling the composition and quality of the alloy. Subsequently, the molten and refined steel is transferred via ladle to a turret. When the turret rotates to the casting position, the molten steel is poured into a tundish, which then distributes the steel through nozzles into individual molds. After cooling and solidification, this forms shaped crude steel billets. Electric arc furnace (EAF) steelmaking is a steelmaking method that utilizes the thermal effect of an electric arc to heat and melt raw materials. Electrical energy is introduced into the arc furnace through graphite electrodes, with the arc generated between the electrode tips and the furnace charge serving as the heat source. EAF steelmaking primarily uses scrap steel as the main raw material, along with auxiliary materials such as alloys, lime, and carbon raisers. The basic EAF steelmaking process includes slag removal and furnace lining repair, charging of metallic raw materials, power supply, melting, oxidation, reduction refining, and tapping. In this unit process, the scrap steel ratio for electric arc furnace steelmaking is approximately 40%.