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.

ABB to support new H2 Green Steel plant in Sweden with 1,200 energy-efficient drives

SMS group, a specialist in plant construction and mechanical engineering for the metals industry, has selected ABB’s latest generation of drives to provide process technology for H2 Green Steel plant in Boden, Sweden.

Outokumpu and V-ZUG to reduce emissions from the home appliance sector

Outokumpu, one of the global leaders in sustainable stainless steel, is partnering with V-ZUG, a Swiss premium home appliance producer, to agree on the deliveries of the world’s first towards-zero stainless steel.

SSAB runs production with fossil-free energy in Italy

SSAB Swedish Steel S.p.A installed solar panels on the roof of their production facility at the end of 2023. The SSAB Ghedi Steel Service Center production now operates fully with fossil-free energy, supporting SSAB’s strategy towards a more sustainable world.

Vestas and ArcelorMittal collaborate on low-emission steel offering for wind turbines

Recognising the environmental impact of steel and iron components, Vestas has established a partnership with ArcelorMittal to launch a low-emission steel offering that significantly reduces lifetime carbon dioxide emissions from the production of wind turbine towers.

KIRCHHOFF Automotive and H2 Green Steel in €130 million deal for near-zero emissions steel

Global supplier to the automotive industry, KIRCHHOFF Automotive, signs 7-year agreement with H2 Green Steel for the delivery of near-zero emissions steel from Boden.

The Swedish Energy Agency supports FerroSilva’s work with fossil-free sponge iron

FerroSilva AB receives SEK 33.9 million in support for a pre-study for a plant for the production of sponge iron from ore and syngas from the gasification of biomass.

Outokumpu partners up with Metalshub to digitalize raw material sourcing

Outokumpu, one of the global leaders in sustainable stainless steel, and Metalshub, the leading raw material procurement solution provider, are extending their partnership to digitalize Outokumpu’s raw material sourcing activities.

Legrand signs deal with ArcelorMittal for low-carbon emissions steel

Legrand UK & Ireland has become the first company in the UK to buy cold rolled XCarb® recycled and renewably produced steel from ArcelorMittal’s UK Steel Services Centres, to manufacture cable management products.

Nippon Steel Corporation launched supply of “NSCarbolex™ Neutral” to STEELARIS

Nippon Steel Corporation (Nippon Steel) is proud to announce that their low CO2 steel product “NSCarbolex™ Neutral” plate will be supplied to STEELARIS. STEELARIS aims to achieve carbon neutrality in 2024-2025.

Outokumpu, ZWILLING and STAHL KREBS join forces to reduce carbon footprint of knives

Outokumpu supplies Circle Green stainless steel, through STAHL KREBS, for ZWILLING knives to continuously reduce the CO2 footprint of major ZWILLING knife series.