The companies will conduct research into feed materials, including iron-ore pellets and lump iron-ores, that are suitable for use in direct reduction steelmaking – based on natural gas and hydrogen – which is a less carbon-intensive production method compared with conventional blast
Anglo marketing business CEO Peter Whitcutt says steel is a vital building block of modern living and a critical metal for the energy transition, but remains a significant producer of carbon dioxide.
The European steel industry has been developing new steelmaking technologies to reduce its carbon footprint, with Salzgitter working to produce steel as resource-efficiently as possible under its Salzgitter Low Carbon Doxide Steelmaking project.
The project is targeting a switch from the use of blast furnaces powered by coal to wholly direct reduction steelmaking.
Salzgitter Flachstahl chairperson Ulrich Grethe says cleaner steelmaking depends on high-quality iron-ore feedstock and looks forward to decarbonising steel production alongside Anglo.