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Energy use and conservation, the environment and sustainability as it relates to the steel industry.

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EMSTEEL First Company in MENA to Receive ResponsibleSteel Certification

12 August 2025 - EMSTEEL’s steel business, Emirates Steel Industries, has become the first company in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region to receive ResponsibleSteelTM Core Site Certification.

Industry Consortium Launches CCUS Hub Study

11 August 2025 - ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India, JSW Steel, Hyundai Steel Co., BHP, Chevron and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. have formed a consortium to perform a prefeasibility study to assess the development of carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) hubs across Asia.

ARENA Awards Calix AU$44.9 Million Grant For Green Iron Demonstration Plant

28 July 2025 - Calix announced it has received an AU$44.9 million grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to build a zero-emissions steel technology (ZESTY) green iron demonstration plant.

SMS group Innovation: Viridis Carbon

22 July 2025 - SMS group’s Viridis Carbon is a central component of its green metals portfolio and allows precise tracking, analysis and documentation of corporate carbon footprints and product carbon footprints.

ArcelorMittal to Supply Green Reinforcing Steel for Underground Railway Line

18 July 2025 - Hamburger Hochbahn AG and its subsidiary HOCHBAHN U5 Projekt GmbH have selected ArcelorMittal to supply CO2-reduced reinforcing steel for the U5, Germany’s largest underground railway project in Hamburg.

ABB, Paragon Energy Solutions to Develop Integrated Solutions for U.S. Nuclear Power Industry

03 July 2025 - ABB announced today it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Paragon Energy Solutions to develop integrated instrumentation, control and electrification solutions for the nuclear power industry in the U.S.

RHI Magnesita, BPI Inc. Partner to Accelerate Circular Economy and Sustainability

30 June 2025 - Refractories maker RHI Magnesita is acquiring a majority stake in BPI Inc., a Pittsburgh, Pa., USA-based minerals processor and supplier of refractory raw materials.

Danieli Rolling Mill in Operation at ESF

24 June 2025 - Elbe-Stahlwerke Feralpi (ESF) has successfully begun operations on its Danieli rolling mill, Walzwerk B, in Riesa, Germany.

Cemvision Turns EAF, BOF Slags Into SCM

23 June 2025 - Cemvision announced it has developed technology which transforms electric arc furnace (EAF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF) slags into supplementary cementitious material (SCM) while recovering valuable metals.

Kingspan and Hydnum Steel Team Up on Green Steel Initiative

07 May 2025 - Kingspan and Hydnum Steel announced they will collaborate on a green steel initiative to decarbonize the construction sector and promote sustainability in building materials.

Funding Round Yields US$186M for Startup Ironmaker

29 April 2025 - Green iron startup Electra has raised US$186 million in its Series B funding round, the company has announced.

Hydnum Steel Granted €60 Million by Spanish Government From the PERTE of Industrial Decarbonization

24 April 2025 - Hydnum Steel announced the Spanish Government has granted €60 million in funding through the strategic project for the recovery and economic transformation (PERTE) of industrial decarbonization to aid in the construction of the first green steel plant on the Iberian Peninsula, located in Puertollano.

GSCC Certified: Arkansas Steel Associates’ Science-Based Emissions Targets

23 April 2025 - The Global Steel Climate Council (GSCC) announced today the certification of Arkansas Steel Associates’ (ASA) corporate average steel emissions intensity (CASEI) base year emissions and science-based emissions target (SBET).

Oman, Tata Steel Nederland Look to Establish Green H2 Supply Chain

17 April 2025 - Tata Steel Nederland, along with three countries and several other entities, will establish what they say is the world’s first liquid hydrogen import corridor, an arrangement that will link green hydrogen production in Oman with deliveries in Germany and the Netherlands.

Agreement: Hydnum Steel to Provide Green Steel to thyssenkrupp Materials Processing Europe

02 April 2025 - Under the terms of an agreement signed by both companies, Hydnum Steel will provide thyssenkrupp Materials Processing Europe with green flat steel once its flat steel plant in Puertollano, Spain, is in operation.

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).

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.