An innovative atmosphere

Three Umicore departments joined forces to increase the melting speed of the blast furnace in Hoboken, Belgium. The collaboration led to a surge of innovative ideas and resulted in considerable economic and environmental benefits.

In 2012, daily production capacity at the blast furnace increased by 10%, while enabling a more flexible mix of materials. Energy consumption fell by 7% and CO2 and SOx emissions dropped correspondingly.

Meet some of the people behind this project explaining how they delivered these impressive results.