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thyssenkrupp Explores Greater Scrap Use in Blast Furnaces

19 May 2021 - thyssenkrupp Steel and a German scrap recycler will together test a new process that could allow greater quantities of scrap to be used in blast furnace production, reducing carbon dioxide emissions. 

Construction Underway on Salzgitter DRI Plant  

18 May 2021 - Salzgitter has broken ground on a demonstration-scale direct reduction plant that can operate with either natural gas or hydrogen, or both.

Paul Wurth to Test New CO2 Reduction Tech

18 May 2021 - SMS group’s Paul Wurth unit and Italian cokemaker Italiana Coke have agreed to build a test-scale plant meant to try out a new carbon dioxide reduction technology.

Kobe Steel Looks to Cut Carbon Emissions

13 May 2021 - Kobe Steel Ltd. has become the latest steelmaker to publicly announce an emissions reduction goal, saying it will look to reduce CO2 output by 30% to 40% by 2030 from 2013 levels, reports the Reuters news service. 

Paul Wurth, Partners Prepare to Start Tests on CO2 Reduction Technology

29 April 2021 - SMS group’s Paul Wurth unit, in cooperation with Saarstahl and Dillinger, is preparing to start a pilot-scale plant that will covert coke oven gas into a reducing agent injected into a blast furnace. 

U. S. Steel Unveils New Emissions Target: Net Zero by 2050

21 April 2021 - United States Steel Corporation is raising its climate goals, aiming for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, the company announced Wednesday. 

Recycled Zinc Alloy Clears Product Trials     

21 April 2021 - Mill byproducts recycler American Zinc Recycling (AZR) has successfully trialed a zinc alloy suitable for use in continuous galvanizing lines, the company reports. 

SSAB, Volvo Partner on Developing Vehicles Made From Green Steel 

08 April 2021 - SSAB will work with Volvo Group under a newly signed collaboration agreement to develop and build vehicles made from fossil-free steel, the steelmaker said on Thursday. 

ArcelorMittal Plans Two DRI-EAF Plants in Germany

29 March 2021 - ArcelorMittal said Monday that will build two sets of direct reduction and electric arc furnace plants in Germany, an investment that is expected to cost between EUR1 billion and EUR1.5 billion. 

SSAB Selects Site for Planned DRI Plant

25 March 2021 - SSAB and its partners in its HYBRIT initiative have chosen a site in northern Sweden to build a fossil-free, direct reduced iron plant, the company has announced. 

U. S. Steel Announces Green Product Line

24 March 2021 - United States Steel Corporation on Wednesday unveiled a new line of sustainable steels it is calling verdeX. 

Nucor Inks Green Electricity Deal

24 March 2021 - Nucor Corp. has signed a virtual power purchase agreement with a Texas wind farm operator, locking up 100 megawatts’ worth of green energy credits.   

Air Liquide, ArcelorMittal Collaborating on CO2 Reduction Project

19 March 2021 - ArcelorMittal and Air Liquide are teaming up to reduce carbon emissions at the steelmaker’s Dunkirk operation in France.

Hydrogen Takes Center Stage in New Collaboration Agreements

18 March 2021 - POSCO and Australian electricity and natural gas producer Origin Energy have signed a memorandum of understanding on an effort to bring green hydrogen to South Korea, reports the The Sydney Morning Herald newspaper.  

ArcelorMittal Rolls Out Green Steel Program

17 March 2021 - ArcelorMittal Europe is launching a certification program that allows the steelmaker to share its carbon reductions with its customers, enabling them to report cuts in their own emissions. 

Chilean Producer to Study H2 Steelmaking

16 March 2021 - Chile’s Compañia Siderúrgica Huachipato SA (CSH) has signed a technological cooperation agreement with Paul Wurth to explore a shift to low-carbon steelmaking. 

Green Steel Will Require Clean Gas. One Distributor Is Aiming to Help Fill that Need.  

10 March 2021 - Industrial gas supplier Linde has launched a new line of atmospheric gases that are produced with renewable energy. 

Salzgitter Earns Low-Carbon Certification

01 March 2021 - Steelmaker Salzgitter said certain of its hot-rolled and galvanized strip grades have received low-CO2 certification under German testing, inspection and certification specialist TÜV SÜD’s VERIsteel standard.  

Investment Firm Unveils Plans for Green Steel Mill in Sweden

24 February 2021 - A Swedish venture is lining up capital funding for a fossil-free, 5-million-metric-tons-per-year steel plant to be built in the country’s Norrbotten region, it announced on Tuesday. 

Using Existing Tech, Kobe Steel Makes Big Carbon Reductions in BF Trial 

18 February 2021 - Kobe Steel Ltd. was able to significantly lower carbon dioxide emissions from a blast furnace by packing it with hot-briquetted iron and managing furnace operations with AI tools, the company has reported. 

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