Volkswagen said Sunday (27 June) it plans to stop producing cars with internal combustion engines in Europe for its eponymous flagship brand between 2033 and 2035, as the Germany auto giant accelerates its drive towards electric vehicles.
German federation says its government underappreciates scrap’s role in reducing carbon emissions.
Court-ordered shutdown of Taranto steelworks quashed
Green steel initiative Hybrit, a joint venture between Sweden’s SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall, has produced the world’s first hydrogen-reduced sponge iron at a pilot scale in what the companies describe as a “decisive step on the road to fossil-free steel”.
Green steel needs an industry-wide definition to identify what can be considered as low-carbon steel, chairman of the executive board of Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe, Bernhard Osburg, said.
ArcelorMittal plans to increase its use of hydrogen-based Direct reduced iron (DRI) plants and explore “circular carbon” methods to decarbonise the steel production process.
