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Efforts to mass-produce green steel are finally nearing reality

Decarbonising steel production is essential if we are to cut global greenhouse gas emissions, but this energy-intensive process has been hard to clean up - until now

By Michael Le Page

5 July 2023

A blast furnace used for steel production in Duisburg, Germany

Ina Fassbender/AFP/Getty Images

Iron and steel production are two of the most carbon-heavy industries, but efforts to make these materials without fossil fuels are finally gathering momentum. A company in Sweden called H2 Green Steel says it will start producing green steel commercially in late 2025, and it is just one of several working on this.

“If you really want to make an impact, you should start with decarbonising steel,” Lina Håkansdotter of H2 Green Steel told a press briefing in Stockholm…

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