Smelting #Steel Without Fossil Fuels: #Solar Power Shatters the 1,000°C Barrier for Industrial Heating
"Swiss researchers have developed a solar energy method using synthetic quartz to achieve temperatures above 1,000°C for industrial processes, potentially replacing fossil fuels in the production of materials like steel and cement."
Spotted near Newport, NH during a bike ride a few years ago. I’ve always loved these old, “springy mounted” metal tractor seats, but then again I've never had to spend a day (or whole Spring) sitting on one.
President Joe Biden vows to shield the U.S. steel industry by blocking Japanese merger and seeking new Chinese tariffs.
AP reports: "The Democratic president’s pitch comes as Donald Trump, his likely Republican opponent, tries to chart a path back to the White House with tough-on-China rhetoric and steep tariff proposals of his own."
"There’s not a company in the U.S. that can domestically produce the high-end, electrical steel sheets for automobiles which we produce at our steel mills in Japan."
Swedish 🇸🇪 startup H2 Green Steel has secured its biggest ever financing package as it proceeds with the world’s first large-scale green #steel plant in northern Sweden https://buff.ly/4aHthYb
Algoma Canada 132lbs. 1975. Rails have not been manufactured in Canada for ages. Not that we lay much new tracks in Canada but where it is done it is “made in USA” steel.
Global #steel production today accounts for 7%+ of GHG emissions. In Germany 🇩🇪, it emits >25% of the country’s total industrial CO₂. Once Salzgitter's revamped steel plant is run entirely on green #hydrogen, CO₂ #emissions will drop by a staggering 95% https://buff.ly/3ORdxJG
Nippon Steel touts tech it can bring to US Steel, vows to push ahead with $14.1 billion acquisition: 'We have over 2,000 patents' (fortune.com)
"There’s not a company in the U.S. that can domestically produce the high-end, electrical steel sheets for automobiles which we produce at our steel mills in Japan."