Western Standard - November 19, 2024


McKILLOP： Oil, gas, and steelmaking coal, a foundation for economic resilience

Topics
met coal steel demand urbanization infrastructure
Mentioned
Carmen Linderman Northback
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2 minutes

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152.2

Word count

436

Sentence count

31

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Toxicity

1

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1

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Northback is looking to develop the Grassy Mountain Project, a steel-making coal project. This is very different than other types of coal mining of the past, this is not thermal coal, it's metallurgical coal which is used to make steel.

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00:00:00.000 The Grassy Mountain Project aims to supply the crucial resource to global markets,
00:00:05.580 positioning itself as a leading player in the industry while contributing to regional economic
00:00:10.700 growth. So Northback is looking to develop the Grassy Mountain Project, which is a steel-making
00:00:16.520 coal project. This is very different than other types of coal mining of the past. This is,
00:00:22.500 it's not thermal coal, it's metallurgical coal, which is used to make steel. And currently
00:00:27.660 metallurgical coal, it makes about 70% of the world's steel. So steel has great recycling
00:00:32.840 properties. Steel using metallurgical coal is created in a blast furnace, and that's what
00:00:37.960 creates about 70% of the world's steel at this time. It takes about 770 kilos to make one tonne
00:00:43.960 of steel. But there is still another way to make steel using an electric arc furnace, but that's
00:00:50.300 predominantly used to make recycled steel. Opposition groups argue that steel market projections for
00:00:57.300 the Grassy Mountain Project are misleading. But let's consider, what is steel really used for?
00:01:03.480 Massive industrial wind projects, both onshore and offshore, depend heavily on steel. Add to that
00:01:10.480 bridges, ships, trains, high-rises, and you can see how urbanization drives demand. As cities expand
00:01:18.760 and infrastructure grows, so does the need for steel, making the Grassy Mountain Project an essential piece
00:01:25.000 of that puzzle. So sure, if people stop building cities and wind farms, maybe the demand for steel will decrease.
00:01:32.180 I'm Carmen Linderman, and our organization is Citizens Supportive of Crowsness Coal.
00:01:38.360 After the coal policy's decision to stop all coal mining and exploration, people started losing their jobs.
00:01:45.360 So citizens came together and we made Citizens Supportive of Crowsness Coal. It's a non-profit organization
00:01:51.360 that supports the responsible mining of our resources here in the past, which is metallurgical coal.
00:01:58.360 So met coal is used for making steel, which we use in everything from wheelchairs to trucks.
00:02:05.540 And it'd also be used for making all the windmills and solar panels. So the need for met coal isn't going anywhere anytime soon.
00:02:13.540 The demand for steel is expected to increase, according to some studies. And that's something that we would like to extract
00:02:21.280 responsibly here at Grassy Mountain. It's available. We can do it responsibly, and then we can reclaim this land
00:02:27.960 that has been left unreclaimed.
00:02:29.460 So we have an absolute inside track on what their requirements are going to be in Japan and Korea going forward.
00:02:35.800 It's clear that both within the community and beyond, there is significant opposition to the Grassy Mountain Project.
00:02:43.640 We can then� Africa over and punch our staff. 1.00
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00:02:47.980 Thank you
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