Ngokusho kwemibiko yabezindaba bakwamanye amazwe, abakhiqizi bensimbi base-US i-Nucor, i-Cleveland Cliffs kanye nesitshalo sensimbi sase-BlueScope Steel Group iNorth Star e-United States bazotshala imali engaphezu kwezigidigidi zamaRandi ekucubungulweni kwezinto ezilahliwe ngo-2021 ukuze bahlangabezane nesidingo esikhulayo semakethe yasekhaya e-United States.
Kubikwa ukuthi ukukhiqizwa kwensimbi yase-US kuzokhula cishe ngo-20% ngo-2021, futhi abenzi bensimbi base-US bafuna ngenkuthalo ukutholakala okuzinzile kwezinto zokusetshenziswa ezivela ezimotweni ezilahliwe, amapayipi kawoyela asetshenzisiwe kanye nemfucuza yokukhiqiza. Ngokusekelwe ekukhuleni okuhlanganisiwe kwamathani ayizigidi ezingu-8 omthamo wokukhiqiza kusukela ngo-2020 kuya ku-2021, imboni yensimbi yase-US kulindeleke ukuthi yandise umthamo wokukhiqiza wensimbi eyisicaba wezwe minyaka yonke ngamathani angaba yizigidi ezingu-10 ngo-2024.
Kuyaqondakala ukuthi insimbi ekhiqizwa yinqubo yokuncibilikisa insimbi eqoshiwe esekelwe esithandweni sikagesi se-arc okwamanje ibiza cishe u-70% womkhiqizo wensimbi ophelele e-United States. Inqubo yokukhiqiza ikhiqiza ukukhishwa kwe-carbon dioxide okuphansi kune-iron ore encibilikisayo ezithandweni eziqhumayo ezishiswa ngamalahle, kodwa futhi ibeka ingcindezi emakethe yezingcezu yase-US. Ngokusho kwezibalo ezivela enkampanini yokubonisana esePennsylvania i-Metal Strategies, ukuthengwa kwezingcezu ngabakhiqizi bensimbi base-US kukhuphuke ngo-17% ngo-Okthoba 2021 kusukela onyakeni odlule.
Ngokwezibalo ezivela kwi-World Steel Dynamics (WSD), ekupheleni kuka-2021, amanani ensimbi eqoshiwe yase-US akhuphuke ngesilinganiso sama-26% ngethani uma kuqhathaniswa nesikhathi esifanayo ngo-2020.
“Njengoba izimboni zensimbi ziqhubeka nokwandisa amandla azo e-EAF, izinsizakusebenza ezilahliwe ezisezingeni eliphezulu zizoncipha,” kusho uPhilip Anglin, i-CEO ye-World Steel Dynamics.