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Tata Steel to Study Liquid Hydrogen Imports

14 November 2024 - Tata Steel is looking to import liquid hydrogen produced in Norway and export carbon dioxide for permanent storage.

Danieli Inks Contract for Hydrogen-Powered Rebar Mill

21 October 2024 - Danieli is partnering with an Australian entity called Greensteel Australia to build a rebar rolling mill powered by renewably produced hydrogen. 

Vale Selects Partner for Electrolyzer Feasibility Studies 

03 October 2024 - Iron ore miner Vale has partnered with a German company to study the feasibility of a green hydrogen production facility in Brazil. 

IEEFA: MENA Producers Already Have the Tools to Lower CO2 Emissions

15 August 2024 - Steel producers in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) could reduce their CO2 emissions by adopting a shorter-term strategy that combines intermittent hydrogen production and the partial substitution of natural gas in the direct reduction process, the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis argues in a new paper.

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. 

Steel Producer Issues Call for Green Hydrogen

27 March 2024 - Stahl-Holding-Saar (SHS), which owns steel producers Dillinger and Saarstahl, is seeking bids for renewable hydrogen to be used in a planned direct reduction plant at its Dillinger steel mill, according the online publication Hydrogen Insight. 

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. 

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.

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. 

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.

Cleveland-Cliffs Reports Second Successful BF Hydrogen Trial 

01 February 2024 - Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. has successfully completed a hydrogen injection trial on its Indiana Harbor No. 7 blast furnace, the company announced Friday. 

Danieli, Tenova Announce Order for Omanese DRI Plant

05 December 2023 - The Jindal Steel Group’s newly established Vulcan Green Steel has ordered a hydrogen-ready Energiron direct reduction plant from Tenova and Danieli. 

POSCO Plans to Go All in on H2 Ironmaking 

27 November 2023 - South Korean steel giant POSCO plans to shift entirely to hydrogen-reduced iron production by 2050, reports BusinessKorea. 

With Support From the EU, Italian Engineering Firm to Build Pilot Hydrogen Steel Plant

26 October 2023 - The European Commission and the Italian Ministry of Enterprises are throwing support behind a research project that aims to establish a fully hydrogen-fueled steelmaking plant. 

Biden-Harris Administration Allocates US$7 Billion for Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs Across the U.S.

19 October 2023 - The U.S. Department of Energy announced last week that, as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the Biden-Harris administration has allocated US$7 billion to launch seven Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs (H2Hubs) across the U.S.

Importing DRI Could Be an Answer to Europe’s Green Hydrogen Needs

18 October 2023 - In the years ahead, six Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) countries – Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Saudi Arabia — will likely be able to meet a significant portion of the European steel industry’s coming demand for green hydrogen.

Germany Confirms Funding for thyssenkrupp Decarbonization Project

27 July 2023 - The German government has confirmed formal approval of nearly EUR2 billion in funding for thyssenkrupp Steel’s transformational decarbonization project, the company has said.  

Carnegie Mellon University Receives US$3 Million Federal Grant

22 June 2023 - The U.S. Department of Energy awarded Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) a US$3 million grant to establish a program to advance decarbonization technology in the steel industry.

SSAB, Fortum to Initiate FEED Study on Hydrogen-Based Sponge Iron Plant

05 June 2023 - SSAB and Finnish energy company Fortum will undertake a front-end engineering design of a potential industrial-scale, hydrogen-reduced sponge iron plant, the companies have announced. 

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