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.

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.

Miele partners with Salzgitter Group for low-CO₂ steel produced under SALCOS® program

Miele and Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH have signed a declaration of intent to secure a defined quantity of ‘green steel’ to be delivered commencing from the end of 2025.

Tata Steel and Ford sign MOU for Zeremis green steel supply

The agreement makes Ford the first customer committed to offtake the green steel that Tata Steel plans to produce via the hydrogen route, which is more sustainable and cleaner than the current steelmaking method.

Emirates Steel Arkan teams up with Japanese companies to produce low-carbon steel

Emirates Steel Arkan has partnered with ITOCHU Corporation and JFE Steel Corporation to consider the construction of a ferrous raw material production facility in Abu Dhabi.

Rio Tinto and Shougang Group to explore steel decarbonisation solutions

The MoU’s focus areas include low-carbon sintering technology, blast furnace (BF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF) optimisation, and carbon capture and utilisation (CCU).

Oshkosh Corporation to use SSAB’s fossil-free steel in commercial vehicles

SSAB works with iron ore producer LKAB and energy company Vattenfall in Sweden as part of the HYBRIT initiative.