Article 4 - Galanizing gets greener

Galvanizing gets greener
Steel Australia March 2008
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GB galvanizing won the award for achieving world class efficiencies in 2007. The plan expansion aimed to improve the efficiency, sustainability and environmental friendliness of hot dip galvanizing. The new facility burns less natural gas, and electricity. The have the worlds first caustic degreaser which manages to save up to five kilolitres of water per day, and saves $6,000 per month on natural gas. It gathers its own rainwater, which the plant draws from when needed.