Electroslag remelting (ESR) is an advanced secondary refining technique that has become central to the production of high-quality steel. In this process, a consumable electrode is melted through a ...

Researchers have developed a new process to reduce CO2 emission of worldwide steel production by several hundred million tons per year. It is based on modernizing blast furnace technology with ...

MIT spinout Boston Metal has powered up its electricity driven steel production reactor and made over a ton of metal in a crucial step toward commercializing its process. With clean electricity, the ...

Continuous casting remains a critical process in modern steel production, whereby molten steel is poured into a mould and solidified into semi-finished forms such as blooms, billets or slabs. This ...

A huge deal between the U.S. Department of Energy and a Brazilian mining company could help to make steel production more environmentally friendly. The partnership between Vale and the DOE will ...

Concrete and steel production are major sources of CO2 emissions, but a new solution from Cambridge could recycle both at the same time. Throwing old concrete into steel-processing furnaces not only ...

POSCO Holdings Inc. PKX has effectively localized the manufacturing technique for electrode rods, which are considered a critical element in the steel production process. Electrode rods are high-value ...

Every year, steel production pumps almost 3 billion tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) into our atmosphere—almost three times the amount produced annually by commercial air travel. And as demand keeps ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — U.S. Steel said it will resume making steel slabs at its Granite City Works plant in Illinois as demand rebounds. The company shut down the last blast furnace there in 2023, and ...

A Chinese state-linked steel manufacturer has reportedly increased its production speed for military-grade steel by 30%. The Inner Mongolia First Machinery Group reports that this achievement was made ...

Researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the SMS group have developed a new process to reduce CO2 emission of worldwide steel production by several hundred million tons per year. It ...