Ngokwemibiko yabezindaba yangaphandle, abenzi bensimbi baseMelika iNucor, Cleveland Cliffs kanye neBlueScope Steel Group's North Star steel plant e-United States bazotshala imali engaphezu kuka-$1 billion ekucutshungulweni kwe-scrap ngo-2021 ukuhlangabezana nesidingo esikhulayo semakethe yasekhaya e-United States.
Kubikwa ukuthi ukukhiqizwa kwensimbi yase-US kuzokwenyuka cishe ngama-20% ngo-2021, futhi abenzi bensimbi base-US bafuna ngenkuthalo ukunikezwa okuzinzile kwezinto zokusetshenziswa ezimotweni ezilahliwe, amapayipi kawoyela asetshenzisiwe kanye nodoti wokukhiqiza.Ngokwesisekelo sokunwetshwa okuqoqekile kwamathani ayizigidi eziyisi-8 zamandla okukhiqiza kusukela ngo-2020 kuya ku-2021, imboni yensimbi yase-US kulindeleke ukuthi yandise umthamo wezwe wonyaka wokukhiqiza insimbi eyisicaba cishe ngamathani ayizigidi eziyi-10 ngo-2024.
Kuyaqondakala ukuthi insimbi ekhiqizwa inqubo yokuncibilikisa insimbi encibilikisiwe esekelwe esithandweni somlilo se-arc kagesi njengamanje yenza cishe u-70% wengqikithi yokukhiqizwa kwensimbi e-United States.Inqubo yokukhiqiza ikhiqiza ukukhishwa kwe-carbon dioxide ephansi kunokuncibilikisa insimbi yensimbi ezithandweni eziqhumayo ezishiswe ngamalahle, kodwa iphinde ifake ingcindezi emakethe ye-scrap yase-US.Ngokwezibalo ze-Metal Strategies ezinze ePennsylvania, ukuthengwa kwezimpahla ezilahliwe ngabakhi bensimbi baseMelika kukhuphuke ngo-17% ngo-Okthoba 2021 kusukela onyakeni odlule.
Ngokwezibalo zeWorld Steel Dynamics (WSD), ekupheleni kuka-2021, amanani entengo yensimbi yase-US akhuphuke ngesilinganiso sama-26% ngethani ngalinye uma kuqhathaniswa nesikhathi esifanayo ngo-2020.
“Njengoba izigayo zensimbi ziqhubeka nokwandisa umthamo wazo we-EAF, izinsizakusebenza ezilahliwe zekhwalithi ephezulu zizoncipha,” kusho uPhilip Anglin, oyi-CEO yeWorld Steel Dynamics.