As global urbanization and infrastructure development surge, the demand for processed metals like steel, copper, and aluminium continues to rise. Metals’ ubiquity spans from automobiles and aircraft to household appliances and everyday items. However, the metals industry’s reliance on fossil fuel powered smelting poses significant environmental challenges. These processes emit substantial carbon dioxide and require immense energy to reach temperatures at or above 1,000°C.
To meet ambitious net-zero targets and mitigate climate change, significantly reducing emissions from metals production by 2050 is imperative, as outlined by the International Energy Agency (IEA).
Register to watch this free one hour webinar on-demand with experts from ENGIE Impact and ENGIE Lab CRIGEN and hear from hard to abate decarbonization experts on innovative solutions to decarbonize materials production, focusing on renewables and alternative fuels.
Watch the on-demand recording for insights on:
- Industry Trends and Challenges: Analyzing the current state of the metal industry’s shift towards sustainable practices, including the stagnation in adopting electric arc furnaces and the operational hurdles in scaling up low-carbon hydrogen production.
- Economics of Green Metals: Understanding the economic challenges of manufacturing green metals and the potential impact on reducing the industry’s carbon footprint.
- Alternative Fuels: Examining the role of alternative fuels like green hydrogen in generating the high temperatures needed to facilitate the production of metals like copper, steel, and aluminium.
- Renewable Energy: Evaluating the implementation of renewables in metals production. From powering electric arc furnaces, to supporting aluminium electrolysis.
Register to receive the on-demand recording for free by completing the form on the right >>
Meet the speakers:
Jonathan Mayhew; Director, Strategy & Implementation, ENGIE Impact
Jonathan is Director at ENGIE Impact leading the mining and metals sector for Americas. He has over 25 years of industry and consulting experience in the global mining sector, spanning multiple minerals, having worked for global mining companies and advised on projects worldwide in strategy, mining productivity, process design and reengineering, and business excellence across the entire mining value chain.
Jonathan worked at Deloitte in Strategy and Operational Transformation for the Energy, Resources & Industrials sector leading the mining and metals practice in Chile. He held various leadership roles at BHP, including Manager of Integrated Operations at Minera Escondida. He also worked several years directly in mining technology and innovation focused on operational productivity and optimization.
Jonathan is a mining engineer from Queen’s University in Canada. He has extensive, deep and direct experience in operations and consulting in the global mining industry and in different raw materials, especially in copper, gold, iron ore and zinc.
Pablo Morales; Managing Director, Strategy & Implementation, ENGIE Impact
Pablo is Managing Director at ENGIE Impact, supporting decarbonization strategies for clients in different sector. With more than 20 years of professional experience, mostly in Consulting & Advisory services on the international level, he has worked in Chile, Canada and France.
Pablo has supported clients from different industries, including mining, energy, retail, government, consumer business, energy, among others.. He has advised large companies from strategy to specific sustainability topics and operations challenges, supporting the implementation of large programs and understanding the complexities of long- and short-term on different sector.
Prior to joining ENGIE Impact, Pablo was Partner at Deloitte leading the Supply Chain & Operations consulting services. Over his experience Pablo, advised for, and delivered projects in the LATAM region, Canada and Australia.
Pablo holds an MS from EM Lyon France, engineering studies from the Universidad Católica del Norte and Mineral Economics from Chile / Western Australia School of Mines.
Ludovic Ferrand; Future Industry Lab Manager, ENGIE Lab CRIGEN
Ludovic is head of the Industry Lab, and Global Expert in Defossilization of Industry, leading the Research & Innovation program on the Decarbonization of Industries, and associated Expertise. He has over 20 years of experience in Energy Innovation for Industries, international engineering groups (Fives, John Cockerill and ENGIE) since 2018.
His expertise supported several missions for many industrial plants worldwide in sectors like steelmaking, aluminium, glass, ceramics, refineries & chemicals, agro-food, textile… with a focus on energy performance, decarbonization solutions and the development of multi-partners consortium projects at international scale with private organizations, institutes and academics.
