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Global steel production is responsible for more than 3 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions every single year. That needs to change quickly, and the folks in the steel industry know it. Huge efforts are being made to decarbonise their processes, and the most promising method is to use green hydrogen to replace coking coal to remove oxygen from iron ore. So, has anyone cracked it yet?
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Research Links
HYBRIT
https://www.ssab.com/en/fossil-free-steel/insights/hybrit-a-new-revolutionary-steelmaking-technology
SSAB and Vattenfall
SSAB and Volvo
https://www.volvoce.com/global/en/news-and-events/news-and-stories/2021/volvo-launches-worlds-first-vehicle-using-fossil-free-steel/
Salzgitter SALCOS
https://salcos.salzgitter-ag.com/en/salcos.html
Balstr Green Steel Norway
https://www.blastr.no/
H2 Green Steel Debt Financing
https://www.h2greensteel.com/latestnews/h2-green-steel-raises-more-than-4-billion-in-debt-financing-for-the-worlds-first-large-scale-green-steel-plant
H2 Green Steel and Mercedes
https://www.h2greensteel.com/latestnews/mercedes-benz-and-h2-green-steel-announce-agreements-in-both-europe-and-north-americanbsp
H2 Green Steel and Cargill
https://www.h2greensteel.com/latestnews/cargill-and-h2-green-steel-sign-multi-year-offtake-contract-to-supply-near-zero-emission-steel
H2 Green Steel and Volvo
https://www.volvogroup.com/en/news-and-media/news/2023/sep/volvo-group-secures-increased-volumes-of-near-zero-emissions-steel-through-collaboration-with-h2-green-steel.html
Rosie’s Factory tour of Boston Metal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJKoBgBCPW0
Boston Metal website
https://www.bostonmetal.com/
Boston Metal Factsheet
https://www.bostonmetal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Boston-Metal-Global-Fact-Sheet-20240130.pdf
The MIDREX Direct Reduction Process
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8_yNvvs9bE
Michael Barnard on Green Steel
https://medium.com/the-future-is-electric/iron-steel-are-solved-climate-problems-6463c4694e6a
Wood MacKenzie Green Steel Report
https://www.woodmac.com/horizons/pedal-to-the-metal-iron-and-steels-one-point-four-trillion-usd-shot-at-decarbonisation/
Global Energy Monitor – Green Steel report
https://globalenergymonitor.org/projects/global-steel-plant-tracker/
Latest News Feb 2024: New Direct Reduction research paper
https://www.science.org/content/article/electrifying-new-ironmaking-method-could-slash-carbon-emissions
S&P Global – China’s Steel Decarbonisation
https://www.spglobal.com/commodityinsights/en/market-insights/blogs/metals/051922-green-steel-china-decarbonization-dri
INDIA Steel Decarbonisation
https://ieefa.org/resources/steel-decarbonisation-india
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