Steel News

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.

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.

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.

SSAB Seeks Answer to Key Hydrogen Question: How to Store It?

07 April 2021 - SSAB and the partners in its HYBRIT decarbonization initiative have started work on a pilot-scale hydrogen storage facility, a key piece of infrastructure for the fossil-free future they envision.

NLMK Hopes for 2022 Launch of New Metallic Coated Steel

07 April 2021 - NLMK Group and the Russian Academy of Sciences have begun testing a new zinc-aluminum-magnesium coating for cold-rolled products, the steelmaker has said.

U. S. Steel Snaps Up IP Rights to High-Strength Grades

04 March 2021 - United States Steel Corporation has acquired the patents and trademarks related to proprietary sheet steels developed by Rhode Island-based The NanoSteel Co.

Consortium to Research Metals Decarbonization Tech

17 February 2021 - A Finnish consortium that includes metals producers has launched a research effort intended to develop decarbonization technologies for the industry.

New Ironmaking Technology Draws Investments From Ore Producers

09 February 2021 - Brazilian iron ore miner Vale has acquired a minority stake in a U.S-based company that is developing an electrolysis-based reduction process.

thyssenkrupp Sees Successful Hydrogen Test on Blast Furnace

04 February 2021 - thyssenkrupp has successfully completed an initial round of hydrogen injection testing on one of its blast furnaces in Duisburg, Germany, and is preparing for a second phase of experimentation.

WorldAutoSteel Program Hopes to Promote New Steels in Electric, Self-Driving Vehicles

12 November 2020 - The World Steel Association’s automotive unit is launching a new vehicle engineering program to demonstrate the benefits of steel to the global mobility-as-a-service sector.

British Steel, University of Sheffield Embark on Rail R&D Partnership

12 November 2020 - To enhance its range of rail products, long products maker British Steel is entering into a multi-million-pound research and development program with engineers at the University of Sheffield.

Steelmakers Team Up on Hyperloop Research & Development

10 November 2020 - Tata Steel Europe and POSCO have agreed to work together on developing steels and steel tubes for hyperloop transportation systems, the companies have announced.

The Race is On For Greener Steelmaking

29 October 2020 - The global steel industry’s primary challenge over the next few decades is climate change, and it must rapidly develop new technological solutions, several industry leaders said during Fastmarkets AMM’s annual Steel Success Strategies conference.

The New Bronco: Built Ford Tough. With ArcelorMittal Steel.

14 October 2020 - When ArcelorMittal announced last month that it would divest most of its U.S. assets, it promised it would remain no less a player in the automotive steel market. A new announcement from the company seems to bear that out.

ArcelorMittal Pledges to Achieve Carbon Neutrality

02 October 2020 - ArcelorMittal has announced a significant environmental goal: it intends to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.

California Researchers Win Funding for H2 Steelmaking Project

02 October 2020 - The University of California, Irvine, (UCI) and partners have been award US$5.7 million in funding from the U.S. Energy Department to study the integration of renewably produced hydrogen in the steelmaking process.

Renewed Funding Gives Australian R&D Consortium Another Five Years

22 July 2020 - A university-led, Australian steel research group has secured AU$28.4 million in new funding, allowing it to operate for another five years.

Another Steel Producer Eyeing Hydrogen-Based Steel Production

03 June 2020 - Spanish long products maker CELSA Group will work with renewable energy supplier Statkraft to build a hydrogen electrolysis plant.

Researchers Make Super-Strong Steel That's Also Tough

14 May 2020 - Researchers at the University of Hong Kong and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed a way to raise the strength-to-toughness ratio in ultrahigh-strength steels, a development that has applications in structural materials.

Ovako Successfully Heats Steel in Hydrogen-Fueled Furnace

28 April 2020 - Sweden-based engineering steel producer Ovako has successfully trialed the use of hydrogen as combustion source in a production furnace, marking an industry first, the company reports.