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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.
Clariant and Midrex Renew Green DRI Technology Collaboration
22 April 2025 - Sustainability-focused specialty chemical company Clariant announced it has renewed its collaboration with Midrex to increase focus on natural gas-based direct reduced iron (DRI) technology for green steel production.
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.
Tenova and Coolbrook Partner to Produce Green Technology
16 April 2025 - Tenova announced it has partnered with engineering and technology company Coolbrook to further develop and deploy the use of clean electricity in high-temperature heating processes in the iron, steel and metals industries using RotoDynamic Heater™ (RDH™) technology.
Calderys Greenfield Project Progresses
10 April 2025 - One year after the greenfield project’s groundbreaking, Calderys announced the successful trial of its acidic monolithic refractories line at the Calderys Plant in East & South India (CAPES).
Tata Steel Signs Contracts With Clecim, ABB Ltd. to Supply Pickling Line
09 April 2025 - Tata Steel announced that as part of its GBP1.25 billion investment to bring green steelmaking to its Port Talbot site in Wales, U.K., which includes GBP500 million in government support, it has signed contracts with Clecim and ABB Ltd. to supply a pickling line.
Salzgitter and SENNEBOGEN Present Green Material Handler
08 April 2025 - At bauma this year, an international trade fair for construction and mining machinery, German companies SEENEBOGEN Maschinenfabrik GmbH and the Salzgitter AG subsidiary DEUMU revealed a material handler built largely from CO2-reduced SALCOS® steel.
Blastr Green Steel and Vogten Staal Team Up to Deliver Green Steel
08 April 2025 - European steel service center Vogten Staal has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Blastr Green Steel for the annual supply of low-CO2 steel.
Primetals Technologies, voestalpine Partner on New Iron Plant
08 April 2025 - Primetals Technologies will work with voestalpine, iron ore miner Rio Tinto and Mitsubishi Corp. to build a prototype ironmaking plant that combines its hydrogen-based fine-ore reduction and smelter technologies, the companies announced Tuesday.
Primetals Technologies Modernizes voestalpine Basic Oxygen Furnace
03 April 2025 - voestalpine Donawitz turns to Primetals Technologies to modernize its LD converter basic oxygen furnace (BOF) No. 4 at its Donawitz site in Austria.
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.
Tenova Italimpianti Modernizes thyssenkrupp Steel’s Walking Beam Furnace
31 March 2025 - Tenova announced it has completed the modernization of thyssenkrupp Steel’s walking beam furnace (WBF) at its Bruckhausen plant in Duisburg, Germany.
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.
