Technology

Compact Membrane Systems, Inc. announced the launch of a new carbon capture pilot in collaboration with voestalpine. Optiperm™ carbon is a breakthrough carbon capture technology that unlocks low cost, low energy, fully electrified, poison-resistant and chemicals-free point source carbon capture.

Primetals Technologies has recently implemented an upgrade of the LD converter (BOF) process optimization system at Salzgitter Flachstahl in Salzgitter, Germany. The new Slag Expert model has optimized the use of lime, improved the hitting rate – i.e. the amount of successful heats in terms of carbon content and steel temperature – and reduced the number of reblows.

SARRALLE puts into operation at ArcelorMittal Sestao the world’s first ladle preheating station capable of working with 100% green hydrogen as fuel. The green hydrogen supplied for operation comes from the Nippon Gases plant in Hernani.

Tata Steel is prioritising decarbonisation and has set a goal of achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2045. Earlier this year, they successfully carried out trials for record-high hydrogen gas injection in Blast Furnace-E.

The Danieli MIDA minimill will produce 1 Mtpy of long products including quenched rebars, smooth rounds, equal angles and channels. The new minimill of Unitex Steel is scheduled to be started up in Q4 2024.

TRIWA made carbon footprint calculations on all its products and identified steel as the biggest polluter. In pursuit of solutions, TRIWA came across SSAB and the idea Time for Decarbonization was born.

Customer-specific pilot-scale testing will be conducted in the Metso Outotec research facilities to demonstrate large-scale DRI smelting.

Calix’s Zero Emissions Steel TechnologY (ZESTY) uses green hydrogen in a renewably powered reactor to produce green iron and ultimately, green steel.

NSCarbolex™ is a brand that integrates NSCarbolex™ Neutral, steel products that are certified as reducing CO2 emissions in the steelmaking process, and NSCarbolex™ Solution.

The collaboration will focus on joint research to accelerate the development of high-quality input stock for lower carbon steel production, using both conventional blast furnace and DRI.