A pioneering pilot project in Lulea, Sweden, designed to produce “fossil-free” steel has successfully completed test production of sponge iron, demonstrating it is possible to use hydrogen made with ...

A strange wartime substitute was in the making last week—a substitute for scrap iron & steel. It is called sponge iron, and the U.S. Bureau of Mines has decided to risk $500,000 in hurry-up ...

Concept: Swedish startup HYBRIT has produced the first-ever hydrogen-reduced sponge iron on a pilot scale without the use of fossil fuels. It is a joint venture between Sweden’s steelmaker SSAB, ...

With little competition from Indonesia, South Africa is the supplier of choice to India’s sponge iron producers, who struggle to source sufficient domestic coal as policy dictates that power companies ...