Steelmaking

Nel Hydrogen Electrolyser has joined forces with Ovako, Volvo, Hitachi ABB and H2 Green Steel to develop a fossil-free hydrogen facility in Horfors, Sweden.

SSAN, LKAB and Vattenfall have revealed today (June 21) that it has successfully produced the world’s first hydrogen-reduced sponge iron at a pilot scale through its HYBRIT initiative.

A new study conducted by the European Backbone initiative has estimated that the EU and UK has sufficient potential to reach its hydrogen demand of 2,300TWh by 2050.

A hydrogen storage compression solution has been ordered for the what is believed to be the world’s first fossil-free steel plant, located in Svartöberget, Sweden.

The India H2 Alliance (IH2A) has expanded its membership with the inclusion of new organisations that will work closely with the Indian Government to build a hydrogen economy and supply chain.

Severstal and Gazprom Neft have today (June 3) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) and cooperation agreement for development of technologies and materials for the production, transportation, storage and use of hydrogen.

Aurubis, a provider of non-ferrous metals, has started producing its first industrial scale copper anodes using hydrogen supplied by Air Liquide.

Ørsted has signed a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) today (May 27) with POSCO to expand its relationship and strengthen its collaboration on offshore wind and renewable hydrogen in Korea.

Hydrogen has been included in a new £166.5m ($235.5m) cash boost provided by the UK Government today (May 24) that is aimed to drive forward developments in critical technology for a green revolution.

What is believed to be the world’s first test of a 30% natural gas/hydrogen blend in the forging process of industrial steelmaking was held at Rho, Italy, as part of a joint collaboration between Snam,...