-(220-x-200-px)-(130-x-130-px)-(220-x-200-px).jpg?lang=en-US&ext=.jpg)
.gif?width=200&height=200&mediaprotectionhash=ddb07947ad3b4ab959a83714461eccd5c6895f370695eb035a9ff7aa736f8ad9&ext=.gif)
Energy, Environment & Sustainability
News items focusing on evolving technologies and steps taken to create a sustainable industry and minimize environmental impact.
Latest News
Report: EU Sees Mixed Progress on Creating Green Hydrogen Market
30 July 2024 - The European Union took an early lead in moving to establish a regional green hydrogen economy, setting as a goal to produce and import 20 million metric tons by 2030.
U. S. Steel Partners with Industrial Decarbonization Start-Up
23 July 2024 - United States Steel Corporation will collaborate with a California startup that is developing a less-energy-intensive iron reduction process.
SSAB Greenlights Plan to Build EAF Mill
11 April 2024 - SSAB’s board of directors have given the go-ahead on construction of a EUR4.5 billion EAF mini-mill in Luleå, Sweden.
Report: Europe So Far Has Committed EUR10 Billion to Steel Decarbonization Projects
10 April 2024 - European countries are throwing significant financial support to steel decarbonization projects, announcing EUR10.5 billion in grants between January 2023 and March 2024, according to Ukrainian think tank and consultancy GMK Center.
Salzgitter Eyes 2026 Start of New Scrap Shredding Plant
04 April 2024 - Salzgitter has commissioned construction of an EUR30 million scrap shredding plant at its Salzgitter work in Germany, the company has said.
U. S. Steel Signs Agreement for Carbon Sequestration Plant
03 April 2024 - United States Steel Corporation has signed an agreement with carbon capture specialist CarbonFree to build a sequestration plant at Gary Works.
U.S. DRI Projects Receive Federal Support
25 March 2024 - Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., SSAB and Vale will share up to US$1.4 billion in federal funding supporting several proposed decarbonization projects.
Nucor Teams With Google, Microsoft on Electricity Procurement
20 March 2024 - Nucor Corp. will work with Google LLC and Microsoft Corp. to meet their collective electricity needs together and develop procurement models designed to accelerate the development of first-of-a-kind and early commercial projects, including advanced nuclear, next-generation geothermal, clean hydrogen, long-duration energy storage.
West Virginia Regulators OK Power Line for Nucor Mill
07 March 2024 - The West Virginia Public Service Commission has greenlighted a plant to build a US$86 million power transmission line that will serve Nucor Corp.’s West Virginia sheet mill, reports the (Huntington, W.Va.) Herald-Dispatch newspaper.
SAIL, Primetals Technologies to Collaborate on Decarbonization
06 March 2024 - The Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) and Primetals Technologies have signed a memorandum of understanding to closely collaborate on projects and technologies related to decarbonization of the steelmaker’s Rourkela plant in Odisha, India.
Tenova Joins Green Hydrogen Trial
29 February 2024 - Tenova is partnering with two other Italian companies on a project intended to validate hybrid heating technologies for steel reheating, the equipment manufacturer has announced.
EU OKs Germany Plan to Support ArcelorMittal Project
29 February 2024 - The European Commission has signed off on Germany’s EUR1.3 billion financial aid package to ArcelorMittal in support of the steelmaker’s plan to decarbonize facilities there.
Wanted to Buy: Hydrogen. And Lots of It.
19 February 2024 - thyssenkrupp Steel is soliciting bids for hydrogen to run its planned direct reduction plant, a first in the company’s decarbonization journey.
Solar Array Brings Clean Energy to SSAB Service Center
15 February 2024 - An SSAB service center in Italy is being run entirely on fossil-fuel-free power after having installed a solar panel array on the roof of its facility, the company reports.
Nippon Steel Reports Successful H2 Injection Trial
14 February 2024 - Nippon Steel Corp. reduced blast furnace CO2 emissions by 33% during a month-long hydrogen injection trial, the company has reported.
Tenova LOI Thermprocess Reports Success in Hydrogen-Fueled Annealing Trial
08 February 2024 - Collaborating with Tenova LOI Thermprocess, thyssenkrupp Hohenlimburg has successfully annealed a batch of hot-rolled strip by way of a CO2-neutral process that produces low NOx emissions.
Tata Steel Announces Plan to Replace U.K. BFs with EAFs
19 January 2024 - Tata Steel will close its two U.K. blast furnaces and replace them with electric arc furnaces as part of an effort to decarbonize its operations, the steelmaker announced Friday.
ArcelorMittal Moves French Decarbonization Project Forward
15 January 2024 - ArcelorMittal is advancing early plans for a major decarbonization project at its Dunkirk steel works in France, moving it to the front-end engineering design stage, the company has said.
Erdemir Announces US$3.2B Decarbonization Investment
11 January 2024 - Turkish steelmaker Erdemir said it will invest US$3.2 billion to reduce its emissions by 25% over the next seven years.
ArcelorMittal Commissions Demonstration Bio-Coal Plant
20 December 2023 - ArcelorMittal Belgium has commissioned a facility that converts waste wood into bio-coal for use in its Gent blast furnace, the company has announced.
