Abstract
Rational cooperation in an economic chain interconnecting the basic industriesof coal, steel and chemistry results in high profitability and productivity.A newmember in the compound system is the synthesis of hydrocarbons(fuels, oils, waxes)from blast furnace gas.Therefore, a very suitable catalytic process has been developed byProf.Dr.H.Kolbel and his co-workers.In this lecture the possibility to introduce of thisprocess into the Japanese steel industry is explained, considering its economical conditionsin Germany and Japan.
