Steelmakers' Waste Becomes Energy--$61 Million in Government Funding Leads the Way

SUGAR LAND--December 11, 2009--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Air Products and Chemicals Incorporated (NYSE:APD) (Allentown, Pennsylvania) and project partner AK Steel Corporation (Butler, Pennsylvania) are in the design and engineering phase of an energy cogeneration project that will turn blast furnace waste gas into usable steam and electricity, and save trillions of British thermal units (Btu) of gas a year.

Other companies featured: ArcelorMittal (NYSE:MT)