Australia

Australian steelmaker abandons decarbonization due to high electricity prices

23.02.2021

Australia’s largest metallurgical company BlueScope Steel will begin scheduled modernization (lining replacement) of blast furnace No. 6 with a capacity of 2.1 million tons of steel per year at the Port Kembla steel mill (New South Wales). The company does not believe that low-carbon steel-melting technologies are advanced enough to become a viable alternative.