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Tata Steel celebrated World Environment Day on 5 June with several plantation drives, and events organised across Jamshedpur, India. A plantation drive was organised at CRM Bara Transport Park in the morning followed by a plantation drive at New Bara Flats, Agrico Colony where Mamta Priyadarshi, divisional forest officer, Jamshedpur forest division and Chanakya Chaudhary, vice president, corporate services, were both present. Several plantation drives were organised inside Tata Steel’s Jamshedpur works, with over 5,000 saplings being planted across multiple locations in a day.

Source: The Avenue Mail, 5 June 2023.

South Korean steelmaker POSCO has launched Greenate: a ‘groundbreaking low-carbon steel product’, as part of the company's ambitious mission to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. This eco-friendly steel has already gained its first customer, with LG Electronics becoming the inaugural client to purchase the lowemission steel for its home appliances production, as per a report from Korea Herald. In addition, Samsung Electronics is currently considering the procurement of Greenate certified steel for its premium ovens.

Source: Steel Guru, 5 June 2023.

Attacks by the Russian army on a hydroelectric power plant in Nova Kakhovka in southern Ukraine on 6 June has affected steelmaking operations at Kryvyi Rih, where ArcelorMittal’s Ukrainian steel mill and Metinvest’s mining and processing plants are located, Fastmarkets reported. “70% of the water supply to Kryvyi Rih comes from the Kakhovka Reservoir, so the situation with the city’s water supply is complicated, but it is under control,” Oleksandr Vilkul, head of the Kryvyi Rih Defence Council, said in a social media message.

Source: Fastmarkets, 6 June 2023.

British Steel has secured a major contract win with Belgian railway infrastructure manager Infrabel. The fouryear agreement will see British Steel supply 40kt of high-quality rail in various profiles for the maintenance and renewal of track across Belgium’s rail network. It is the second successive contract, having penned a deal in late 2018 that saw the Brussels team return to British Steel after a ‘short break’, with quality, security of supply and reliability all being raised as areas of priority for Infrabel.

Source: Business Live, 7 June 2023.

Turkish steel profile manufacturer Kocaer Celik has announced plans to conduct a feasibility study for a 24-MW geothermal power plant investment in Kuyucak District, Turkey. Through this investment, the company aims to diversify its clean energy production resources with geothermal energy production, following the success of its roof-type solar power plants. An operating license and a total area of 10,844.18 hectares have been acquired by Kocaer Celik for the plant’s construction.

Source: Think Geo Energy, 7 June 2023.

Danish clean energy giants Ørsted and Vestas have entered a commercial sustainability alliance to use low-carbon steel in their jointly developed offshore wind projects. The partnership will see Vestas, a wind turbine manufacturer, supplying green energy solution provider Ørsted with low-carbon steel towers and blades made from recycled materials. Both companies have highlighted the need to limit carbon in the manufacture of materials and components used in wind farms and to put in place cost-efficient solutions to resolve decarbonization challenges and circularity issues in the wind sector. Source: Power Technology, 8 June 2023.

Tata Power Renewable Energy, through its subsidiary TP Vardhaman Surya, has received a contract to set up a 966MW round-the-clock hybrid renewable power project for Tata Steel. The project has the hybrid renewable capacity of 379MW solar and 587MW wind power, a company statement said. Praveer Sinha, CEO and managing director, Tata Power, said in the statement: "The 966MW round-the-clock hybrid renewable power project marks a significant step towards our combined efforts to accelerate the adoption of clean and green energy to meet the net zero target." Source: The Economic Times, 8 June 2023.

Trinidad and Tobago's TT Iron Steel Company (TTIS) has agreed to purchase an idled iron and steel plant, originally owned by ArcelorMittal, the company has announced. The purchase agreement comes seven years after ArcelorMittal closed operations in Trinidad following layoffs amid low global steel prices, which have since rebounded. The plant, built in 1980, will be subject to initial refurbishment expected to cost between $150 million and $200 million. Source: Reuters, 8 June 2023.

The chairman of Tata Steel UK has called for a ‘level playing field’ as it seeks UK government subsidies to decarbonize its Port Talbot steelworks. Henrik Adam, CEO, Tata Steel Europe, said European competitors were receiving ‘billions of pounds’ from governments to transition to greener operations. The UK government department for business and trade said: "The business secretary knows how critical the steel industry is to Wales, and made her commitment to securing a decarbonized, competitive future for the sector clear when she visited Port Talbot earlier this year…we cannot comment on commercially sensitive negotiations."

Source: BBC, 13 June 2023.

Gerdau North America has commissioned UK-based plant supplier Primetals Technologies to supply a new static synchronous compensator (Statcom) for the company's steel mill located in Petersburg, Virginia, USA. Primetals Technology plans to build the largest Statcom that has ever been implemented in North American steelmaking operations in order to supply power for the facility's 69-kilovolt alternating current electric arc furnace. Source: Kallanish, 8 June 2023.

Mining company Rio Tinto and China’s Baowu Steel Group have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to explore several initiatives including setting up green steel facilities in China and Western Australia, Rio Tinto said in a statement. “This MOU aims to address one of the biggest challenges faced by the industry – developing a low-carbon pathway for low-tomedium grade iron ores, which account for the vast majority of global iron ore supply,” Rio Tinto’s chief commercial officer Alf Barrios said in a statement. Source: SCMP, 12 June 2023.

Mining giant Glencore has made a proposal to buy Teck Resources’ steelmaking coal business as part of an ongoing takeover deal. Glencore first made an unsolicited takeover bid for the entirety of Teck’s operations in April. Teck rejected the $23bn offer, calling it ‘unsolicited and opportunistic’.

Under Glencore’s latest proposal it would buy the coal and steelmaking element of Teck’s business, joining the unit with its own demerged energy coal assets two years after the deal closes. Source: Mining Technology, 12 June 2023.

United States Steel Corporation has issued its 2022 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) report entitled, ‘Essential for our Future,’ which the company has stated reaffirms its commitment to sustainable steelmaking and a greener economy. "Every single employee is playing a role in creating a more sustainable future," said David B. Burritt, US Steel president and chief executive officer. "Steel's importance to our society is undeniable, both in the past and into the future as we collectively tackle climate change. It’s of particular significance that we were the first American steel company to set a goal of achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.”

Source: Business Wire, 13 June 2023.

Tata Steel has said that 18 people were injured, with two in intensive care, following a steam leak at its Odisha power plant. The company reported that the accident occurred at its Meramandali BFPP2 power plant in Dhenkanal, Odisha, during an inspection, leaving a few people injured, and has started an internal investigation into the cause of the accident. The injured persons were immediately shifted to the Occupational Health Centre inside the plant premises and then to a hospital in Cuttack for further treatment. Source: Reuters, 14 June 2023.

Tata Steel has signed a MOU with Germany plant supplier SMS group to collaborate on technology to reduce carbon emissions from the steelmaking process. Under the MOU, the two companies will hold technical discussions and demonstrate SMSdeveloped decarbonization technology at a blast furnace in Tata’s Jamshedpur plant in Jharkhand, India. The technology aims to reduce more than 50% of CO2 emissions from the blast furnace’s baseline operation.

Source: Mining Technology, 15 June 2023.

Singapore based steelmaker Meranti Steel has announced that it has signed a MOU with Thailand-based energy company Global Power Synergy to establish renewable solutions for its new green steel plant to be built in Thailand. Meranti Steel aims to use renewable solutions such as solar and wind energy and create a future green hydrogen supply chain for its new plant. The plant, which will have a capacity of 2Mt/yr of hot rolled coil, is planned to start production in late 2027.

Source: Steel Orbis, 15 June 2023.

Brazilian steelmaker Gerdau has said that it will invest $666.64 million by 2026 in a new sustainable mining platform in the Minas Gerais state, in a bid to boost its iron ore output while reducing emissions. The new platform will raise the production capacity of Gerdau's Miguel Burnier mine to 5.5Mt/yr of iron ore and is scheduled to start operating at the end of 2025, according to the company. The project will rely on the dry stacking method for disposal of 100% of the mining tailings, eliminating the need to use a dam, Gerdau said. Source: Reuters, 15 June 2023.

A steel frame measuring more than twice the size of Wembley football pitch is nearing completion at a new facility to support the British Army’s vehicle and equipment fleet. The Vehicle Storage and Support Programme at the Ministry of Defence site in Ashchurch aims to enhance the British Army’s operational readiness and future capability, through the delivery of modern sustainable storage and maintenance solutions for its vehicle and equipment fleet.

Source: Gov.uk, 16 June 2023.

ArcelorMittal has announced that it has partnered with Japan-based Sekisui Chemicals on a project called NEDO to capture and reuse carbon from steelmaking. The companies have achieved a carbon conversion rate of 90%, and a hydrogen conversation rate of 75% using blast furnace gas at ArcelorMittal’s Asturias plant in Spain, higher than the projected target of 85% for carbon conversion and 60% for hydrogen conversion.

Source: Steel Orbis, 20 June 2023.

Liberty Steel Georgetown in South Carolina, USA, has announced the commencement of a new apprenticeship programme, which will allow workers

One person was killed and three others were injured in an explosion at a steel factory in Palakkad district, southwestern India, on 20 June. The incident took place at 0500hrs with a loud explosion, according to local people. According to preliminary investigations, the explosion started in the furnace. There have since been allegations about security lapses in the factory. A district collector has said that action will be taken against the factory if this is the case, adding that the police and the pollution control board are investigating the accident.

Source: The Hindu, 20 June 2023 at the company’s South Fraser Street mill to train at Horry-Georgetown Technical College. Starting later this year, the programme will focus on improving the technical skills of present employees on campus and on the job. New hires will also receive training, and Liberty Steel hopes the programme will expand to serve as a pipeline for future workers.

Source: Georgetown Times, 20 June 2023.

Ternium Mexico, a subsidiary of Ternium, has stated that its new slab mill will be built in Pesqueria. The mill will be located next to the existing hot rolling mill, which has a capacity of 4.4Mt/yr. The company will invest $3.2 billion in the new electric arc furnace steel mill which will create more than 1,800 jobs. Construction of the mill is expected to begin in December this year, while it is anticipated to commence operations in early 2026.

Source: Steel Orbis, 21 June 2023.

Engineers at Swansea University, UK, have developed a heat storage material made from seaweed that they plan to test at Tata Steel’s Port Talbot-based steel plant to see how well it can capture waste heat from industrial operations. The new thermochemical material is made using alginate, a polymer produced by seaweed. The team has created beads using the material which capture heat and can be made to release it using humid air.

Source: The Chemical Engineer, 3 July 2023.

Tata Power has emerged as India’s most ‘attractive employer brand’, followed by e-commerce giant Amazon and Tata Steel, a research report has revealed. HR services provider Randstad India’s annual report ‘Randstad Employer Brand Research (REBR) 2023’ revealed that Tata Power scored highly on financial health, good reputation, and career progression opportunities. IT company Tata Consultancy Services secured 4th position in the top 10 most ‘attractive employer brand’, followed by Microsoft, Samsung India, Infosys, Tata Motors, IBM and Reliance Industries.

Source: The Indian Express, 21 June 2023.

A new report has found that carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS) for coalconsuming blast furnaces will not play a major role in global steel decarbonization, and that a phase-out of coal in the steel sector is technically feasible by the early 2040s. Research undertaken by IEEFA has highlighted that CCUS has a long history of significant under-performance and failure in other sectors, and ‘even projects that the fossil fuel industry likes to cite as successes raise major questions about project risk and the feasibility of rolling out such projects globally.’

Source: IEEFA, 3 July 2023.

Out of three offers to buy the assets of two Liberty Steel plants in Liége, Belgiium, one has finally been accepted by the Liége Court of Appeal.

Liberty Steel Galati, the Romanian subsidiary of UK steelmaker Liberty Steel, has beaten ArcelorMittal and a NLMK/Marcegaglia consortium for the two plants, which employ a total of 582 workers. The Liberty Galati offer took preference over the others, according to a report by The Brussels Times, because it included the acquisition of all activities and workers. However, while the workers are confident they will be able to return to work soon, no deadline has been given.

Source: The Brussels Times, 21 June 2023

The European Commission has said that it has approved $308 million in state aid granted by Belgium to steel maker ArcelorMittal to help it decarbonize its steel production. The aid will support the construction of a direct reduction iron plant, which together with a new electric arc furnace will replace one of two existing blast furnaces. The plant, which is expected to be operational by 2026, will ultimately be operated using renewable hydrogen.

Source: Reuters, 22 June 2023

Plant supplier ABB will provide electrification and automation systems for ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India’s advanced steel cold rolling mill (CRM) in Gujarat, India. ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AM/NS India), a joint venture between steel companies ArcelorMittal and Nippon Steel, is setting up the new CRM as part of its downstream expansion and sustainability plans. The steel manufacturer has a crude steel capacity of 9Mt/yr. It produces a range of flat steel products and has a pellet capacity of 20Mt.

Source: Power Engineering International, 4 July 2023.