GREEN PIG IRON is a popular name often used to identify the pig iron produced with charcoal originated form planted and renewable forests.
Iron industry based on Charcoal
Brazilian steel industry based on charcoal is the only one in the world, and, because it utilizes exclusively charcoal originated from planted forests, it contributes decisively for the environmental balance, being also an important
factor of social inclusion since it generates jobs in all the layers of the society.
By the characteristics of its industrial operations, steel industry is an activity that requires intensive manpower, therefore it is a great generator of job opportunities.
While utilizing charcoal as thermo reducer, steel industry triples its capacity to generate jobs in the establishment and maintenance of forests, in the harvesting operations, transportation of wood, and, at last in charcoal manufacturing.
It is also especially important to highlight that forest activities always bring improvement to the HDI - Human Development Index – in a region because the job offers occur in regions where job opportunities are scarce.
Like any other plant in growth, the trees remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere while they release oxygen. By their dimensions, by their large leaf surface and by their long harvest cycle, planted forests can do that with particular efficiency.
In a sustained yield system, for each hectare being harvested, there are at least 6 others in growing phase, purifying the air and softening climate changes.
It never hurts to remember that charcoal is a renewable source of energy.
In times of greenhouse effect and global warming, charcoal based steelworks should receive strong support and incentives from Brazilian authorities and from the national and international environmentalist communities as well.
Scientific research has proved that this is the Only industry able to produce essential goods to development while it cleans the atmosphere.