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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

Brown factory towers against a blue sky — Blast furnaces at a Michigan steel mill (Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images)

Nuclear

Nucor bets on silver bullet for ‘green’ steel: Nuclear fusion

The steelmaking giant said Helion Energy would build a fusion reactor by 2030 at one of Nucor’s steel plants. But fusion is still more dream than reality.

By Eric Wesoff . 3 October 2023
Clean industry

Major steel users band together to place first big ‘green steel’ order

Microsoft, Trammell Crow, Nextracker and other companies will request 2 million tons of “near-zero-emissions” steel in push to help U.S. steelmakers decarbonize.

By Maria Gallucci . 20 September 2023
Clean industry

The world's largest low-carbon steel plant moves closer to completion

H2 Green Steel’s new $1.6 billion investment puts its hydrogen-fueled plant on track to open in 2025, in what would be a first for the hard-to-decarbonize industry.

By Jeff St. John . 8 September 2023
Clean industry

Boston Metal gets big funding boost to make green steel

Steel is a heavily polluting, hard-to-decarbonize and vital industry. The startup’s $262 million in Series C funding will help it tackle that problem.

By Maria Gallucci . 7 September 2023

Green steel

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

Nucor bets on silver bullet for ‘green’ steel: Nuclear fusion

Major steel users band together to place first big ‘green steel’ order

The world's largest low-carbon steel plant moves closer to completion

Boston Metal gets big funding boost to make green steel