Production

Production

Steel producers are investing heavily in producing green steel using electricity from fossil-free sources and green hydrogen instead of carbon intensive coal. To bring emissions down state-of-the-art technologies are developed throughout the global steel industries. In this section you can read news articles on the production of green steel.

Metal One partners with Clean Energy Systems to decarbonise global steel industry

As part of the agreement, Metal One is providing development funding to Clean Energy Systems, and the parties will co-locate resources to efficiently target the global steel market.

Nissan to use Kobe Steel’s low-CO2 Kobenable Steel for future models

Nissan models will use Kobe Steel's Kobenable Premier, which reduces 100% of CO2 emissions during manufacturing through the mass-balance method. Nissan aims to achieve carbon neutrality throughout the entire product life cycle by 2050.

Klöckner & Co supplies green steel to Siemens plants in Frankfurt and Cham

Both Klöckner & Co and Siemens have set themselves ambitious sustainability targets. To this end, the two companies intend to expand their cooperation. One of the aims of the partnership is to open up access to larger quantities of green steel for Siemens.

Outokumpu starts cooperation with Klöckner & Co for emission-minimised stainless steel

Outokumpu is starting cooperation with Klöckner & Co, one of the largest producer-independent distributors of steel and metal products, by delivering the first coil made of emission-minimised stainless steel.

Epiroc unveils world’s first underground mine truck made of SSAB’s fossil-free steel

The partnership will help Epiroc accelerate its journey to create a more sustainable future, deliver the world’s greenest machines, and support its customers.

Mubea and Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH to cooperate on green steel for automotive industry

Mubea is pursuing very ambitious sustainability goals and has committed to reducing its own emissions by at least 25 % through to 2025.

Global Steel Climate Council formed to accelerate transition to low-emission steel

The GSCC includes more than 20 members and supporters who are steel manufacturers, trade associations, end users, scrap metal suppliers and non-governmental organisations.

After Europe, BMW Group secures supply of low-CO2 steel in US and China

In China, the BMW Group signed an agreement with steel manufacturer HBIS Group, which will supply the BMW Group plants in Shenyang with CO2-reduced steel from 2023.

DNV approves POSCO’s low-CO2 Greenable steel plates to build wind turbines

POSCO and DNV signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the certification of steel products applied in the wind power sector and started the certification process in March.

POSCO and Tata Steel sites achieve ResponsibleSteel certification

The sites are Pohang and Gwangyang Steelworks in South Korea operated by POSCO together with the Jamshedpur site in India operated by Tata Steel.