Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Energy use and conservation, the environment and sustainability as it relates to the steel industry.
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Japan's Government Wants to Jump-Start Green Steel Development
23 June 2021 - Japan hopes to speed up development of hydrogen-based steelmaking and help the country’s steel producers become leaders in green steel production, reports commodities news and pricing provider Argus Media.
SSAB Reaches New Milestone in Green Steel Evolution
22 June 2021 - SSAB’s pilot-scale direct reduction plant has successfully produced about 100 metric tons of hydrogen-reduced sponge iron, a new milestone in its effort to produce fossil-fuel-free steels.
voestalpine Patents DR Process
15 June 2021 - voestalpine has received a European patent for sponge iron production process that uses green hydrogen and biogas, the company has announced.
New Effort Aims to Develop Syngas, Electrolysis Technologies
08 June 2021 - Two plant engineering groups have agreed to work together on promoting the combined use of syngas and electrolysis in the iron and steel industry.
Steel Sector Lenders Launch Effort to Promote Industry Decarbonization
27 May 2021 - Six major steel industry lenders are working to set a framework for measuring the sector’s performance in meeting climate goals.
worldsteel: Industry, Government Cooperation Necessary for Low-Carbon Future
26 May 2021 - The global steel industry is committed to reducing its carbon footprint, but to succeed, the industry must have the right public policy framework in place, the World Steel Association (worldsteel) says in a new climate change policy paper.
Planned Fossil-Fuel-Free Mill Sparks Investor Interest
24 May 2021 - A startup steelmaker has completed an initial US$105 million funding round for a project that aims to build a fossil-fuel-free mill in Sweden.
SDI Wins Permit for Texas Mill
21 May 2021 - Steel Dynamics Inc. (SDI) has received the wastewater discharge permit for its Sinton, Texas, flat-rolled mill, reports the (Corpus Christi, Texas) Caller Times newspaper.
HKM Enlists Paul Wurth for Syngas Project
20 May 2021 - Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann GmbH has chosen SMS group’s Paul Wurth unit to provide the engineering for a syngas generation and injection plant that would serve its two blast furnaces.
thyssenkrupp Explores Greater Scrap Use in Blast Furnaces
19 May 2021 - thyssenkrupp Steel and a German scrap recycler will together test a new process that could allow greater quantities of scrap to be used in blast furnace production, reducing carbon dioxide emissions.
Construction Underway on Salzgitter DRI Plant
18 May 2021 - Salzgitter has broken ground on a demonstration-scale direct reduction plant that can operate with either natural gas or hydrogen, or both.
Paul Wurth to Test New CO2 Reduction Tech
18 May 2021 - SMS group’s Paul Wurth unit and Italian cokemaker Italiana Coke have agreed to build a test-scale plant meant to try out a new carbon dioxide reduction technology.
Kobe Steel Looks to Cut Carbon Emissions
13 May 2021 - Kobe Steel Ltd. has become the latest steelmaker to publicly announce an emissions reduction goal, saying it will look to reduce CO2 output by 30% to 40% by 2030 from 2013 levels, reports the Reuters news service.
Paul Wurth, Partners Prepare to Start Tests on CO2 Reduction Technology
29 April 2021 - SMS group’s Paul Wurth unit, in cooperation with Saarstahl and Dillinger, is preparing to start a pilot-scale plant that will covert coke oven gas into a reducing agent injected into a blast furnace.
U. S. Steel Unveils New Emissions Target: Net Zero by 2050
21 April 2021 - United States Steel Corporation is raising its climate goals, aiming for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, the company announced Wednesday.
Recycled Zinc Alloy Clears Product Trials
21 April 2021 - Mill byproducts recycler American Zinc Recycling (AZR) has successfully trialed a zinc alloy suitable for use in continuous galvanizing lines, the company reports.
SSAB, Volvo Partner on Developing Vehicles Made From Green Steel
08 April 2021 - SSAB will work with Volvo Group under a newly signed collaboration agreement to develop and build vehicles made from fossil-free steel, the steelmaker said on Thursday.
ArcelorMittal Plans Two DRI-EAF Plants in Germany
29 March 2021 - ArcelorMittal said Monday that will build two sets of direct reduction and electric arc furnace plants in Germany, an investment that is expected to cost between EUR1 billion and EUR1.5 billion.
SSAB Selects Site for Planned DRI Plant
25 March 2021 - SSAB and its partners in its HYBRIT initiative have chosen a site in northern Sweden to build a fossil-free, direct reduced iron plant, the company has announced.
U. S. Steel Announces Green Product Line
24 March 2021 - United States Steel Corporation on Wednesday unveiled a new line of sustainable steels it is calling verdeX.
