Nucor Launches Carbon Neutral Steel Product
Nucor is launching a line of net zero carbon steel products called Econiq and General Motors will be the first to use the product early next year.
Nucor is launching a line of net zero carbon steel products called Econiq and General Motors will be the first to use the product early next year.
Integrated steelmaker US Steel will begin exploring locations for a new 3mn short ton (st)/yr flat-rolled electric arc furnace (EAF) steel mill as it transitions to more scrap-based steelmaking.
Mercedes-Benz has launched a partnership with the Swedish steel manufacturer SSAB for CO2-free steel. The first prototype parts for body shells made of CO2-free steel are already being planned for next year.
Swedish green steel venture HYBRIT said that it had made the world’s first customer delivery of steel produced without using coal as it looks to revolutionize an industry that accounts for around 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
“Gray” steel will eventually be obsolete in Europe as “green” steel gains competitiveness, Gunnar Groebler, CEO of German steelmaker Salzgitter, a pioneer in the development of hydrogen steelmaking, said.
Based on the new MoU, TAQA and Emirates Steel will use green hydrogen to optimize clean steel production level