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INITIATIVES FOR MAKING GREEN STEEL AND Blastr Green Steel and Cargill join in Nordic green
ACHIEVE NET ZERO steel project
Companies sign carbon capture agreement for Cargill’s metals business and Blastr Green Steel (Blastr)
steel industry a developer of decarbonized steel supply, have agreed
to work together to supply steel made without use of
ArcelorMittal, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering fossil fuels in the Nordic region to meet the growing
(MHIENG), and global resources company, BHP, along
global demand for green steel.
with Mitsubishi Development Pty Ltd, are collaborating Under the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU),
on a multi-year trial of MHIENG’s carbon capture Blaster and Cargill Metals plan to combine the skills
technology with ArcelorMittal, following the signing of both companies to accelerate the development of
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companies will also conduct a feasibility and design global steel industry.
study to support progress to full scale deployment. Cargill’s ambition is to develop world leading projects in
The agreement, which involves a trial at ArcelorMittal’s the green steel supply chain through the development
steel plant in Gent, Belgium and another site in North of initial production, and then to incrementally expand
America, will ‘bring together the expertise of the various capacity based on market demand.
partners in identifying ways to enhance carbon capture “Ensuring the long-term supply of raw materials at
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BHP and Mitsubishi Development, as key suppliers of Cargill Metals will collaborate on sustainable supply
chains, technology risks and constraints, and on raising
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European operations, will fund the trial that is anticipated MC Explains: What is green steel and why are
to run for multiple years.
Indian steelmakers interested in it?
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of ArcelorMittal’s North American Direct Reduced Iron sources of CO pollution. Companies mandated to
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(DRI) plants, to test MHIENG’s technology in this reduce their carbon footprint are looking at using
steelmaking route. low-carbon energy sources such as hydrogen, coal

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