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.

voestalpine opens state-of-the-art special steel plant in Kapfenberg

Once fully operational, the new plant has the capacity to annually produce 205,000 tons of special steels for highly sophisticated customer segments. The region is reaping significant economic benefits from investment in this major project.

Blastr Green Steel and SFE pursue clean energy partnership for pellet plant in Norway

Blastr Green Steel has signed a Letter of Intent with the leading regional power company Sogn og Fjordane Energi for long-term supply of clean electricity to Blastr’s pellet plant at Lutelandet on the west coast of Norway.

Gestamp and Tata Steel UK to double recycled steel content with new circularity partnership

Tata Steel, the largest steelmaker in the UK and Tier 1 automotive supplier Gestamp, have signed an agreement aimed at nearly doubling the percentage of recycled steel in the components they supply to the automotive sector.

Georgsmarienhütte GmbH processes steelwork slag at its own slag yard in Spelle

Georgsmarienhütte GmbH has commissioned a new slag processing site of up to 4.6 hectares at the port in Spelle-Venhaus. The move is part of the company’s goal to put the by-products from steel production to further, sustainable use.

thyssenkrupp selects Samotics to increase reliability and sustainability of its steel manufacturing process

Samotics, a leading provider of real-time actionable insights to eliminate unplanned downtime and energy waste, has been selected by thyssenkrupp to monitor the condition and performance of its hot rolling mill in Duisburg.

H2 Green Steel and Roba Metals signed 7-year supply agreement for near zero emissions...

H2 Green Steel and Roba Metals have signed a 7-year agreement valued at about €150 million for the supply of near zero emissions steel from Boden.

Outokumpu’s Kemi mine to become the first carbon-neutral mine in the world by 2025

In October, Outokumpu will take a significant step forward in reaching the target by replacing fossil fuels with renewable solutions provided by Neste, the world’s leading producer of renewable diesel. The company’s Kemi mine will become carbon neutral by 2025.

Vale and Port of Açu to develop Mega Hub for decarbonisation of steelmaking

Vale signed an MOU with the Port of Açu to study the development of a Mega Hub at the port located in São João da Barra in the state of Rio de Janeiro, to produce HBI (hot briquetted iron) using the direct reduction route.

Outokumpu and Fissler to join forces in emission reduction

Outokumpu and Fissler have agreed on the first deliveries of the world’s first towards-zero stainless steel, Outokumpu Circle Green®, with up to 92% lower carbon footprint than the industry average. The collaboration supports the mutual mission of both companies to build things that last.

H2 Green Steel collaborates with Volvo Group for supply of near zero emissions steel

The long-term supply agreement placed by Volvo Group is for green steel from H2 Green Steel’s new plant in Boden in Northern Sweden. Start of production is planned for end of 2025. Deliveries to Volvo Group will start mid-2026.