CEMEX implements hydrogen technology in the Dominican Republic
Wednesday, 24 August 2022
by Commodity Inside
CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. is implementing the first hydrogen technology project of its kind at its San Pedro De Macoris cement plant in the Dominican Republic. The company is pioneering hydrogen technology in the building materials industry as part of its Future in Action program designed to achieve carbon neutrality. The program seeks to achieve
- Published in Construction
Slab prices falter on weak demand
Monday, 15 August 2022
by Commodity Inside
The war in Ukraine has continued, and the new international slab trading routes have become more established. Russian sellers re-directed their volumes to Turkey and Asia (especially China), offering high discounts to entice buyers. Meanwhile, European buyers have lost access to the Russian slab due to the sanctions, while the Ukrainian supply is hampered as
- Published in Steel
Trafigura plans green hydrogen plant at Port Pirie, Australia
Thursday, 09 December 2021
by Commodity Inside
Trafigura Group (a leading physical commodity trading company), Nyrstar (a global multi-metals manufacturing business), and the State Government of South Australia will jointly develop a commercial-scale green hydrogen manufacturing facility at Port Pirie in Australia. Trafigura and the South Australian State Government will jointly invest AU$5 million in Front End Engineering Design study for the
Metso Outotec launches Circored process for hydrogen-based ironmaking
Wednesday, 08 December 2021
by Commodity Inside
Metso Outotec is introducing the next generation of its Circored process for direct reduction of iron ore fines using hydrogen.
- Published in Steel
ArcelorMittal, the Canadian government to invest $1.7B in decarbonisation technologies in Canada
Monday, 02 August 2021
by Commodity Inside
ArcelorMittal and the Government of Canada unveiled a plan of investing CAD$ 1.765 billion in decarbonisation technologies at ArcelorMittal Dofasco’s plant in Hamilton, Canada. The investment is expected to cut around 3 million tonnes/year of CO2 emissions at ArcelorMittal’s Hamilton, Ontario operations, which account for nearly 60% of emissions, within the next seven years. The Hamilton
- Published in Steel
Hydrogen Economy Review: Developments in the transport sector dominate the market
Monday, 07 June 2021
by Commodity Inside
Automotive companies such as Toyota, Hyundai, Hyzon and Peugeot have remained quite active in the hydrogen industry recently. Peugeot has announced e-Expert Hydrogen, which is a fully electric van powered by a hydrogen fuel cell with a range of 400 km. The vehicle will be available by the end of 2021 in France and Germany.
- Published in Energy
Salzgitter break ground on the hydrogen-powered DR plant
Wednesday, 19 May 2021
by Commodity Inside
Hydrogen has recently started emerging as a sort of panacea for decarbonising steelmaking and other hard-to-abate heavy industries. Steelmakers such as ArcelorMittal, Hbis, ThyssenKrupp, Nippon Steel and SSAB have already announced projects using hydrogen across various processing methods from iron reduction to reheating purposes. Salzgitter AG, as part of the SALCOS (SAlzgitter Low-CO2Steelmaking) project, has
- Published in Steel
Carbon neutrality and electric mobility is driving JFE electrical steel capacity
Wednesday, 12 May 2021
by Commodity Inside
Electrical steel demand is set to see a renowned growth on the back of expanding renewable energy and electric mobility markets. Japan’s JFE has been working on expanding its electrical steel capacity. It plans to expand the supply of both types of electrical steel owing to the expected rise in global demand for electric vehicles,
- Published in Steel
Brazilian slab exports can benefit from the US economic recovery
Monday, 22 March 2021
by Commodity Inside
Amidst the coronavirus pandemic, Brazilian slab producers performed relatively better. Last year, the country exported over 7.1 million tonnes of slabs, registered just a slight fall of 6.9% on a year-on-year basis. Given that the US and Mexico, the two important buyers of Brazilian slabs, were hit hard by the pandemic; hence the performance is
- Published in Steel
Decarbonisation of steel gets traction with BHP back up Boston Steel
Tuesday, 19 January 2021
by Commodity Inside
Steel is one of the heavy industries which are considered as significant polluters. The initiatives to decarbonise steel increased with both mining and hot metal producers have signed various deals recently. When it comes to direct emission, mining companies have a minimal share in emission than their customers- steel producers. Indirect emission, especially those caused
- Published in Steel