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Coal first puts people last
Nippon Steel wants to be the world’s best steelmaker, but the path it is following is locking in the worst way of making it: with coal. A new feature with community stories from the U.S. and Japan.
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Why carbon capture and storage does not solve the climate problem of blast furnaces
Blast furnaces produce more carbon dioxide (CO2) than iron. Producing one tonne of steel with the blast furnace (BF) route releases 2.3 tonnes of CO2. Some steelmakers are proposing to use carbon capture and storage (CCS) as a solution, promising to reduce their blast furnace emissions in the decades ahead. A close look at the evidence leads us to conclude that carbon capture on coal-based blast furnaces is the wrong use of precious effort and investment — for a technology that falls far short of what the climate requires.
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Great expansion, greater responsibility: Nippon Steel Corporate Climate Assessment 2026 update
Nippon Steel’s global ambition is fundamentally reshaping the company. Its acquisition of U. S. Steel marks one of the most significant corporate transformations in the global steel industry in decades. This is not only an expansion of operations, but a significant enlargement of the company’s responsibility to protect communities and the global climate.
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Blast furnaces produce more carbon dioxide (CO2) than iron. Producing one tonne of steel with the blast furnace (BF) route releases 2.3 tonnes of CO2.…
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As part of Nippon Steel’s takeover, U. S. Steel has trumpeted a new USD 1.9 billion investment in direct reduction of iron ore (DRI) at…
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