Steel News

NeoSmelt Consortium: Hatch to Design Australia’s Largest Ironmaking Electric Smelting Furnace

10 July 2025 - The NeoSmelt consortium has selected Hatch to provide electric smelting furnace technology along with project management and engineering services for its pilot plant in Pilbara, Western Australia.

Metso to Supply Metallic Liners to BHP

23 June 2025 - Metso Corp. announced it has signed a 3-year agreement to supply Australian mining and metals company BHP with metallic liners for chute solutions.

Australian Consortium Chooses Western Australia Location for Electric Smelting Furnace

17 December 2024 - A consortium made up of Australia’s two largest iron ore miners and its largest steelmaker have selected a location for a proposed ironmaking electric smelting furnace pilot plant.

JSW Steel to Explore Carbon Capture at Vijayanagar Plant

16 October 2024 - JSW Steel, iron ore miner BHP and carbon capture solutions provider Carbon Clean have signed an agreement to jointly study a carbon capture solution.

BlueScope Steel Partners With Iron Ore Producers on Potential Electric Smelting Furnace

15 February 2024 - Australia’s BlueScope Steel Ltd. and the country’s two biggest iron ore miners are collaborating on an effort to develop a pilot-scale electric smelting furnace.

BHP, HBIS Agree to Trial Carbon Capture Tech

28 March 2023 - BHP has agreed to trial pilot-scale demonstrations of carbon capture and utilization (CCUS) technologies at a customer’s steel plants in China.

Hatch, BHP Partner on Electric Smelting Furnace Project

23 March 2023 - BHP will work with consulting engineer Hatch Ltd. to design a small, demonstration-scale electric smelting furnace (ESF) in Australia, the iron ore miner has said.

Forecast: Renewable Energy Will Increase Global Steel Demand

04 October 2022 - New solar and wind farms are expected to drive new steel demand of 2% annually by 2030 and 4% by 2050, according to a new forecast from iron ore miner BHP Group Ltd.

BHP, Tata Steel Partner Up on CO2 Reduction Effort

19 July 2022 - Iron ore miner BHP and Tata Steel will work together on developing low-CO2 iron- and steelmaking technologies, the companies have announced.

BHP, POSCO Sign MoU to Explore Decarbonization

18 October 2021 - BHP and POSCO have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in steelmaking, according to a press release from BHP.