H2 Green Steel to explore Anglo American iron supply
The two firms will trial the use of lump iron from South Africa’s Kumba mines and Minas-Rio in Brazil as feedstock for Swedish green steel plant
Mining company Anglo American and Swedish startup H2 Green Steel have signed a memorandum of understanding to trial the use of iron ore products from the Kumba mines in South Africa and Minas-Rio in Brazil as feedstock for the latter firm’s hydrogen-based Boden green steel plant. “Our purpose is to decarbonise hard-to-abate sectors, and this is only possible with strong partnerships along the value chain with a true commitment to reducing scope one, two and three emissions,” says Luisa Orre, H2 Green Steel’s chief procurement officer. Anglo American’s scope one and two emissions totalled 13.3mn t of CO₂e in 2022, according to its latest sustainability report. The mining firm targets carbon n
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