Sweden – SSAB has now manufactured the first fossil-free steel in the world and delivered it to a customer. The test delivery is an important step toward a fully fossil-free iron and steel production value chain and a milestone for the Hybrit partnership between SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall.
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Belgium – The pilot plant that captures carbon monoxide from blast furnace gas arrived at the Ghent site of ArcelorMittal. The next two years researchers will test the sustainable technology in real life with industrial gas. ArcelorMittal, Dow Benelux and Tata Steel have joint emissions of more than 20 million tons of CO2 per year. […]
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Germany – Salzgitter AG, Avacon and Linde launch operations for the development of industrial hydrogen on the basis of electricity produced by wind power.
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France – LIBERTY Steel Group, Paul Wurth and SHS-Stahl-Holding-Saar (SHS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to evaluate the development and operation of an industrial hydrogen-based steel plant in Dunkerque.
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Sweden – Apart from Hybrit, another Swedish project aims to produce fossil free steel. H2 Green Steel will produce five megatons of CO2-free steel and mobilize 2.5 billion euro investments. The industrial initiative will build the world’s first large-scale fossil-free steel plant in Boden-Luleå, north Sweden, using green hydrogen. The industrial initiative, which is backed […]
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During the fourth quarter of 2020, SSAB announced that it was in discussions with Tata Steel. The companies considered an acquisition of the IJmuiden steel mill and related downstream assets. After deeper analysis and discussions, it became clear that there were limited possibilities to integrate IJmuiden into the SSAB strategic framework. Discussions with Tata Steel […]
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SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall are taking a decisive step toward fossil-free steelmaking with the start-up of Hybrit’s pilot plant for the production of fossil-free sponge iron. At the plant, Hybrit will perform tests in several stages in the use of hydrogen in the direct reduction of iron ore. Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven started up […]
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Green hydrogen from an RWE Generation electrolyzer could help thyssenkrupp Steel Europe sustainably reduce CO2 emissions from steel production in the future. The energy company and the steel producer have agreed to work together towards a longer-term hydrogen partnership. The hydrogen required for iron production is to be produced by electrolysis, in which water is […]
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