Pilbara’s steelmaking sector is set for a clean-up, as a result of a newly inked deal between Rio Tinto and BlueScope that looks replace coking coal with clean hydrogen in the Australian region.
Norwegian energy and aluminium company Hydro has today (Oct 28) revealed that it will branch into the green hydrogen market by creating a new dedicated company called Hydro Havrand.
With green steelmaking creating shockwaves throughout industry, Primetals, Midrex and Metalloinvest will invest $600m to develop a new hot briquetted iron (HBI) facility with hydrogen capabilities.
With the potential that hydrogen-produced steel has in decarbonising the supply chain for car manufacturing, BMW Group has revealed that it will source green, hydrogen-produced steel from Swedish start-up H2 Green Steel.
BHP and POSCO have signed a new agreement to decarbonise the steelmaking industry with the two groups set to share research on several zero-carbon technologies such as hydrogen.
Swedish-based manufacturing company SKF is aiming to support the transition to clean, fossil-free bearing steel as it joins an initiative to accelerate hydrogen use in industrial processes.
Turkey is looking to decarbonise its steel making sector with hydrogen.
Engineering steel manufacturer Ovako is aiming for carbon neutrality from January 2022 through the implementation of hydrogen.
Tata Steel today (Sep 15) said it will introduce direct reduced iron (DRI) technology which can make iron using hydrogen, before it is converted to steel, in one or more electric furnaces in the Netherlands.
With the German Federal Government making huge strides in accelerating hydrogen adoption, it is set to provide €55m ($65m) of funding for ArcelorMittal’s hydrogen-based direct reduced iron plant (DRI).
