O uso do carvão vegetal nos Pólos Guseiros: implicações sociais, ambientais e econômicas / The use of charcoal pig iron at the Poles: social, environmental and economic

Estanislau Luczynski

The aim of this work is to discuss implications technological, environmentally and social limitations of the pig-iron´s production using charcoal. Through technical papers, technical visits to research centers and interview with experts, a data basis was collected to produce this work. The analysis of data showed that: the continuity of pig-iron making depends on continuos supply of charcoal, at low cost, with good heat capacity, and with easy acess. However, under current conditions, the charcoal supply to industry is depending of a intensive exploration of native forest. At the same time, there is a lack of land suitablefor reforestation to provide wood to renewable charcoal making. Nevertheless, there are several resources that can be used to reduce the iron ore: charcoal of babassu coconut, charcoal of native amazonic trees, natural gas (integrated plants) and even coal. Some of them are candidates to replace the charcoal, but further technological, infrastructural and economic developments are still required. The intensive utilization of charcoal by siderurgy is based in a network of kilns and charcoal makers working under extreme conditions (indeed, some work fifteen hours per day), they have no social security and extremely low wages (some receive only half a dollar per cubic metre of charcoal). In general, pig-iron´s makers do not consider the use of charcoal from forested wood, because its higher cost may challenge the viability of pig-iron production.

O uso do carvão vegetal nos Pólos Guseiros: implicações sociais, ambientais e econômicas / The use of charcoal pig iron at the Poles: social, environmental and economic

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