Large companies have moved on from theoretical and research-based initiatives to the stage of testing technologies Mining giant Rio Tinto has begun testing a pilot-scale carbon capture facility at a plant operated by the Chinese steelmaker Shougang Group. This was reported by Reuters. The facility is located at Shougang’s Jingtang site in China. The complex is designed to capture CO₂ contained in blast furnace gas, which is produced during pig iron production. The plant is capable of processing up to 3,000 cubic metres of blast furnace gas per hour and capturing up to 10,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year. The launch of this system forms part of a memorandum of understanding signed by Rio Tinto and Shougang in 2022. The document provides for the joint development of technologies designed to reduce carbon emissions at all stages of the production ...

The company’s transformation involves the commissioning of a 2 million metric tonnes electric arc furnace from 2029 The German steel producer Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann (HKM), which is now a subsidiary of Salzgitter, has announced the decommissioning of coke oven battery No. 2 at its plant in Duisburg. This was reported by SteelOrbis. The shutdown, which took place on 16 September 2026, forms part of the company’s strategy to transition to climate-neutral production. Coke battery No. 2 was commissioned in 1984. Its annual capacity was approximately 1.1 million tonnes of coke. Over the course of 42 years, the facility supplied raw materials to HKM’s blast furnaces, producing nearly 45 million tonnes of coke over its entire service life, which significantly exceeded the originally estimated operational lifespan. The shutdown of th...

The unit, with a capacity of 1.6 million tonnes per year, is expected to come on stream in 2030 Slovakia’s largest steel producer — US Steel Košice (USSK) — has approved a large-scale investment programme worth around €900 million. The funds will be channelled into the construction of a new electric arc furnace (EAF) and an air separation unit. This was reported by SteelOrbis. A new electric arc furnace with a capacity of around 1.6 million tonnes per year is expected to come on stream in 2030. It will operate alongside the plant’s existing blast furnaces. This will enable USSK to maintain the reliability of its high-quality steel supplies whilst significantly reducing carbon emissions. The newly commissioned air separation unit will ensure the plant’s stable operation, improve energy efficiency and contribute t...

For its part, India had been counting on a 29–35% increase in quotas India has agreed an individual annual quota for steel exports with the European Union. According to the agreed text of the free trade agreement (FTA), the total quota will amount to 1.64 million tonnes per year. Shipments exceeding this limit will be subject to a 50% EU duty.  This is reported by SteelRadar. The total volume of duty-free exports consists of two parts: 946.6 thousand tonnes — the current quota under the Most-Favoured-Nation (WTO) regime; 694.9 thousand tonnes — an additional preferential quota granted under the free trade agreement. The new aggregate quota will cover approximately 68.4% of the total volume of Indian steel exports to the EU, which stood at around 2.4 million tonnes in 2025 (by way of comparison, the WTO base quota covered only ...