Tag Archives: steel production

voestalpine Breaks Ground on greentec Steel Project, Paving the Way for Sustainable Steel Production in Austria

(IN BRIEF) voestalpine, a leading global steel and technology group, has commenced construction for its greentec steel project at its Linz headquarters in Austria. This initiative aims to electrify energy-intensive processes in steel production using two green electricity-powered electric arc … Read the full press release

Germany’s Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck Commits €2 Billion to thyssenkrupp’s Green Steel Project tkH2Steel

(IN BRIEF) Robert Habeck, Germany’s Vice-Chancellor and Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, pledges around two billion euros in funding to thyssenkrupp Steel’s “tkH2Steel” decarbonization project. The joint effort with the state government of North Rhine-Westphalia aims to revolutionize … Read the full press release

Voestalpine moves ahead with €1.5bn investment in low-emissions steel production

(IN BRIEF) Austrian steel company, voestalpine, is set to invest around 1.5 billion euros to construct one electric arc furnace at each of its two sites in Linz and Donawitz. The furnaces are part of the company’s “greentec steel” plan … Read the full press release

thyssenkrupp Steel Europe to reduce CO2 emissions with the use of green hydrogen from RWE Generation

CO2 emissions from iron production to be reduced 100 MW electrolyzer could cover 70% of H2 requirement of a thyssenkrupp blast furnace Rapid implementation of National Hydrogen Strategy helpful for investment decisions (PRESS RELEASE) ESSEN, 10-Jun-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Essen … Read the full press release

ThyssenKrupp to convert process gases from steel production into base chemicals

ThyssenKrupp initiates project to convert process gases from steel production into base chemicals Essen, Germany, 14-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — In collaboration with partners from research and industry, ThyssenKrupp AG is initiating a cross-sector technology transfer project focusing on converting process gases from … Read the full press release