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Blastr Green Steel Enters Environmental Permitting Phase

19 March 2025 - Nordic start-up Blastr Green Steel’s planned iron and steel plant has taken a step closer to a final investment decision after receiving a reasoned conclusion on its environmental impact assessment.

Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH to Deliver Green Steel

14 March 2025 - Lindab Steel, a subsidiary of Lindab AB, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH for CO2-reduced steel from the SALCOS® route, the companies announced.

Boston Metal Takes a Step Toward Commercializing Green Ironmaking Process

13 March 2025 - Boston Metal, a start-up that is developing an electrolysis-based process to produce green iron, has commissioned a critical piece of process equipment that validates the scalability of its process, the company has announced.

Danieli to Explore Nuclear Energy Options for Steel

11 March 2025 - Danieli and a Paris-based developer of nuclear reactors has signed a memorandum of understanding to explore the integration of newcleo’s Lead-Cooled Fast Reactors (LFR) with Danieli’s steelmaking technology.

IEEFA: MENA Capable of Leading Green Iron and Steel Transition

05 March 2025 - The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has the potential to lead the global industry’s transition to green iron and steel, announced the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA).

Danieli Receives Order for Two Zerobucket EAFs

05 March 2025 - Donghua Iron & Steel held a groundbreaking ceremony for its project which will include installation of two new Danieli Zerobucket electric arc furnaces (EAFs) in Tangshan, China.

Blastr Green Steel Partners for Sustainable Power Network

27 February 2025 - Blastr Green Steel has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Aurora Infrastructure for a build, own and operate (BOO) agreement to develop the electricity distribution facilities for its planned steel plant in Inkoo, Finland.

Tosyalı SULB Awards CDRI Plant Order to Midrex, SMS group

25 February 2025 - Tosyalı SULB Steel Industries has turned to Midrex Technologies, Inc. and SMS group to supply phase one of the world’s largest direct reduced iron (DRI) complex investments with the construction of a 2.5-million-metric-ton cold DRI (CDRI) plant in Benghazi, Libya.

Outokumpu Secures Long-Term Molybdenum Supply

24 February 2025 - Outokumpu has signed a 10-year offtake agreement with Greenland Resources Inc. to ensure access to about 8 million lbs. of molybdenum annually, valued at approximately US$1.6 billion over a decade.

Vinton Steel Fourth Project Under JETI Program

21 February 2025 - Japanese steelmaker Kyoei Steel Ltd. will invest more than US$229 million in melting and rolling upgrades to its Vinton Steel mini-mill in Texas.

Salzgitter Celebrates Start of Work on Green H2 Production Plant

20 February 2025 - Salzgitter has broken ground on what will be one of Europe largest green hydrogen production plants, the company has said.

Tata Steel Receives OK to Build U.K. EAF

20 February 2025 - Local officials in Wales have approved Tata Steel’s plans to build an electric arc furnace at its Port Talbot Steelworks, the company has said.

Thor’s Mighty GreenerTowers: Hammering Down CO2 Emissions

17 February 2025 - Ilsenburger Grobblech, a Salzgitter AG subsidiary, and Siemens Gamesa, a wind turbine manufacturer, have signed a contract to deliver 25,000 tons of heavy plates for the construction of 36 wind towers for the Thor offshore wind farm in the Danish North Sea off the coast of Jutland, the companies announced.

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