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Hertha Metals Unveils Breakthrough Process to Accelerate American-Made Steel and High-Purity Iron Production

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hertha Metals today announced it has validated a significant technology breakthrough in modern steelmaking: a single-step process that is cheaper, more energy efficient, and ...
The Conversation

Electric arc furnaces: the technology poised to make British steelmaking more sustainable

Steel production in an electric arc furnace. Norenko Andrey/Shutterstock This method of steelmaking can use up to 100% scrap steel as its raw material, resulting in a significant reduction in carbon ...
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Can industry decarbonize steelmaking?

A worker uses an electric furnace to make steel. Steelmaking contributes roughly 7–9% of human-made greenhouse gas emissions, posing a huge climate challenge. Credit: Shutterstock Achieving that ...
The Conversation

Australia’s main iron ore exports may not work with green steelmaking. Here’s what we must do to prepare

Making steel was responsible for about 7% of global greenhouse gas emissions in 2020. That’s because steelmakers in countries like China, Japan and South Korea have long relied on fossil fuels like ...