The basic process for making steel hasn’t changed a whole lot in the past few hundred years. Into the top of a big, lava lamp-shaped blast furnace goes iron ore and coking coal, and out comes waste ...

Phosphorus recovery from steelmaking slag has emerged as a promising avenue in the context of sustainable resource management. As phosphorus is a critical, yet non-renewable, nutrient essential for ...

Teck Resources Limited TECK recently provided an update regarding its second-quarter 2022 steelmaking coal sales volumes and realized prices. Teck Resources’ second-quarter steelmaking coal sales were ...

After holding at approximately 25 percent of global steelmaking production for about a decade through 2012, the migration to electric arc furnace (EAF) steelmaking accelerated during the past seven ...

Researchers from the University of Birmingham have developed an innovative method for existing furnaces that could reduce steelmaking’s CO2 emission by nearly 90%. The iron and steel industry is a ...

A worker uses an electric furnace to make steel. Steelmaking contributes roughly 7–9% of human-made greenhouse gas emissions, posing a huge climate challenge. Credit: Shutterstock Achieving that ...

Scientists are pioneering a new approach to designing electrolytes for more energy-efficient and less carbon-intensive electrochemical processes. They hope to improve electrolyte performance in ...

Tata Steel-owned Port Talbot plant in South Wales hit a significant milestone on Monday when its Blast Furnace 4 ceased operations after over 100 years, marking an end of "legacy" steelmaking as the ...