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U.K. Funding Allows Tata Steel EAF Project to Move Forward
11 September 2024 - Tata Steel has signed a GBP500 million funding agreement with the U.K. government, allowing it to move forward with a process conversion at its historic Port Talbot Works in Wales.
China Expands Carbon Trading Program to Include Steel
10 September 2024 - China’s steel, aluminum and cement producers will be added to the country’s national carbon trading market, the Bloomberg news service reports.
Salzgitter Trading Division Now Offers Product CO2 Declarations
28 August 2024 - Salzgitter Mannesmann Handel GmbH has developed a tool to calculate the carbon dioxide equivalent footprint of its products along the entire value chain and will issue product carbon footprint declarations.
SSAB Completes Pilot Phase of HYBRIT Initiative
27 August 2024 - SSAB and partners are moving their HYBRIT fossil-fuel-free iron and steel initiative to the next stage of development, wrapping up an initial six-year effort that successfully demonstrated the feasibility of their process.
ArcelorMittal to Add Solar Capacity in Brazil
21 August 2024 - ArcelorMittal Brazil on Wednesday signed contracts to develop two solar energy projects with a combined capacity of 465 MW, equivalent to 14% of its current electricity requirements.
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.
Algoma Steel Wraps Up Plate Mill Upgrade and Eyes Start of New EAF
14 August 2024 - Algoma Steel is calling its plate mill modernization effectively finished and is moving toward commissioning new electric arc furnaces. at its Ontario plant.
Salzgitter Secures Supply of Solar-Generated Electricity
06 August 2024 - Salzgitter Group has signed a long-term green power purchase agreement that will provide for up to 64 gigawatt hours annually, the steelmaker said Tuesday.
Tata Steel U.K. Expects September Shutdown of Second BF
31 July 2024 - Tata Steel is on pace to close the second of two blast furnaces at its Port Talbot Works in the U.K. by this September, the company said in its fiscal 2025 first-quarter earnings statement.
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.
U. S. Steel Partners with Industrial Decarbonization Start-Up
23 July 2024 - United States Steel Corporation will collaborate with a California startup that is developing a less-energy-intensive iron reduction process.