Colombian steelmaker Gerdau Diaco has changed the way it supplies natural gas for its rolling mill processes at its Tocancipa mill.
The company, which used to supply the feedstock for its Tocancipa mill through compressed natural gas (CNG), has made a direct connection to a local gas pipeline, known as the cundiboyacense gas pipeline.
The company said it has improved the use of the feedstock along all the gas supply chain, while diminishing CO2 emissions by 70 percent.
Gerdau Diaco said the supply of the feedstock is now safer as it doesn’t involve the transportation of the material.
A media report said Gerdau’s Tuta mill is expected to follow the same trend in terms of gas supply.