In the latest stainless steel news, on May 29, 2023, Mr. Richard Matheson, Director of the Market Development Department of the Nickel Institute, Dr. Song Quanming, the Chief Representative of the Nickel Institute in China, and Ms. Li Xianzi, Assistant General Manager of the Beijing Representative Office of the Nickel Institute, visited China's steel industry Association Stainless Steel Chapter. With executive chairman Zhang Zhifang and other professionals, they conducted in-depth exchanges on how to expand the application fields of nickel and nickel-containing materials, and how to promote nickel and nickel-containing materials to play more roles in the green and low-carbon development of China's iron and steel industry.
Director Richard Matheson introduced the organizational structure and related work progress of the Nickel Institute. The Nickel Institute has been committed to the frontier scientific research, production and safe application of nickel resources, promoting the long-term and extensive use of nickel, thereby promoting the sustainable development of nickel resources in the future. He said that low-carbon development will be an important trend in global economic and social development. At present, the Nickel Institute is actively promoting the application of nickel in clean energy and food.
Zhang Zhifang, executive director of the Stainless Steel Branch, first expressed his sincere thanks. The Nickel Institute and the Stainless Steel Branch have cooperated closely for 25 years. The previous cooperation has achieved good results, and the future cooperation will be even closer. Chairman Zhang briefly introduced the importance of innovation work. The innovative application of low-nickel grade raw materials and the continuous expansion of the application field of nickel and nickel-containing materials have played a key role in promoting the rapid development of stainless steel in China. At the same time, he also mentioned that green and low-carbon development is an important part of promoting the high-quality development of China's steel industry. Although the application proportion of nickel in the new energy industry continues to increase, the main application areas of nickel are still stainless steel and nickel-based alloys. Therefore, nickel and nickel-containing materials are very important for the stainless steel industry to implement net carbon at the source and low-carbon emission reduction in the whole process. Finally, he also made a brief analysis on how to promote new application fields of nickel-containing stainless steel.
The two sides conducted detailed exchanges and discussions on hot issues such as carbon reduction in the industry, carbon footprint, CO2 capture, secondary energy conversion, and the application of nickel and nickel-containing materials in water systems, food, clean energy, and construction. The soil composition in the water supply system has extensive exchanges and discussions on the selection of stainless steel materials, the impact of the LME nickel pricing mechanism on the industry, the development and application of stainless steel raw material resources, transportation, and the development trend of stainless steel for steel structures.