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Nippon Steel
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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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Until recently, the steel industry was said to be ‘hard to abate,’ and companies were rarely held accountable for their lack of climate actions. What…
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Iron and steelmaking remains one of the most emissions-intensive sectors globally, accounting for around a tenth of global carbon emissions. In an industry shaped by…
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31 March, 2026 – A new assessment of 18 major steelmakers around the world shows that none are currently ready to transition to near-zero-emissions production.…
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The transition of the global steel industry to near-zero emissions production made little progress in 2025. This year was defined not by decisive movement toward steel decarbonisation, but by the dominance of tariffs, cost pressures, uncertainty over policy incentives, and politicisation of steel within national security debates.
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Tokyo, Japan, 26 August 2025 – In response to the Nikkei article [1] reporting that Nippon Steel plans to invest USD 3.1 billion (around JPY…
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Tokyo, Japan, 12 August, 2025 - Nippon Steel’s plan to continue with outdated coal-based production at its newly acquired U. S. Steel facilities is already…
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Comment: Green energy made with green steel? Not when Nippon Steel’s green steel is coal in disguise
Tokyo, Japan, 31 July 2025 - Nippon Steel’s signing of a memorandum of cooperation with the Danish wind turbine maker Vestas Wind System [1] leaves…
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The journey of global steel decarbonisation is in a sticky patch. Making iron with coal drives the bulk of the industry emissions — but the…
