Green steel

Green steel

Electra lands $186M to scale up its clean iron electrowinning process

Purifying iron ore is a key step in steelmaking — and a carbon-intensive one. Big steel and mining players are funding this startup’s all-electric tech to see if it can scale.

By Jeff St. John . 24 April 2025
Green steel

Hyundai to make ‘low-carbon’ steel at $6B plant in Louisiana

The automaker will use an electric arc furnace and potentially a fossil gas–based process at the new facility, eschewing traditional coal-centered methods.

By Alexander C. Kaufman . 25 March 2025
Clean industry

Chart: Global clean industry investment fell sharply in 2024

Money to clean up steel, ammonia, chemicals, and other sectors dropped by more than half compared with 2023.

By Maria Gallucci . 14 February 2025
Green steel

SSAB quietly pulls out of $500M green steel award negotiations

The Swedish company sought to make iron using green hydrogen in Mississippi, as part of the Biden administration's $6B Industrial Demonstrations Program.

By Maria Gallucci . 14 January 2025
Green steel

The economic case for green steel production at a Michigan steel mill

Cleveland-Cliffs’ Dearborn Works blast furnace is due for relining in 2027. Advocates say now is the time to convert it to new technology powered by clean energy.

By Kari Lydersen . 19 November 2024
Green steel

Move over, data centers. US steel mills need lots of clean power too.

A new report quantifies just how much clean electricity the US steel industry will need to decarbonize — a task that could get even harder under Donald Trump.

By Maria Gallucci . 18 November 2024
Clean industry

Biden’s $6B bid to clean up heavy industry at risk under Trump

A federal program that aims to clean up 33 industrial facilities, from steel mills to snack plants, could face big cuts in Trump's second term.

By Maria Gallucci . 11 November 2024
Green steel

Indiana residents push for a cleaner steel industry in their community

Nippon Steel wants to buy U.S. Steel. Locals near a steel plant welcome the move — as long as the Japanese firm converts the facility to be less polluting.

By Kari Lydersen . 31 October 2024
Green steel

Making steel with clean energy would curb health risks, report says

Speeding up America’s shift to cleaner steelmaking would not only slow CO2 emissions, but help reduce the toxic pollution from coal-based production.

By Maria Gallucci . 21 October 2024
Hydrogen

Green hydrogen headwinds hit production hub, steel project in Mississippi

In a sign of challenges facing green hydrogen, Hy Stor Energy abruptly canceled an electrolyzer deal for its hub, which is set to supply SSAB’s green steel site.

By Maria Gallucci . 9 October 2024