BHP, Rio Tinto, and BlueScope Steel to build Australia's largest electric ironmaking furnace using hydrogen technology, aiming for near-zero emissions.

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The West Australian government has announced the location that will be turning Pilbara iron ore into steel, making the state finally “more than just a quarry”.

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Image: electra/shutterstock.comRio Tinto, BHP and BlueScope will join forces to develop a new ironmaking electric smelting furnace (ESF) pilot plant in Kwinana, Western Australia.  The plant, dubbed “Australia’s largest”, will test technology to enable the use of Pilbara iron ore to produce iron without using traditional blast furnaces in a bid to accelerate decarbonisation in steelmaking. The three major…

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Allen Newton A CONSORTIUM of some of Western Australia’s biggest players in the iron-ore industry will launch the nation’s largest ironmaking electric smelting furnace at Kwinana making the state a world leader in reducing carbon emissions.   WA is the world’s largest single exporter of iron ore into the global market and with the steel industry generating about 8% of global carbon emissions Premier Roger Cook said WA could play a leading role i…

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Western Australia has been announced as the site for what is claimed to be the nation’s largest ironmaking electric smelting furnace, with Kwinana chosen as the preferred location for the NeoSmelt consortium’s pilot project.

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BHP Group Ltd (ASX: BHP) and Rio Tinto Ltd (ASX: RIO) shares failed to climb with the market on Tuesday. Both miners finished the session slightly lower for the day. Whereas the S&P/ASX 200 IndexÂ (ASX: XJO) snapped its losing streak with a 0.8% gain to 8,314 points. This was despite the two mining giants announcing plans to develop the largest ironmaking electric smelting furnace pilot plant study in Western Australia. What was announced? This …

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Port Kembla loses out as BlueScope will build green steel pilot furnace in Kwinana south of Perth, backed by $75 million from the WA Government.

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BlueScope to build low-emission furnace not at Port Kembla but in WA

Australia's largest iron ore miners, BHP and Rio Tinto, alongside BlueScope, have chosen the Kwinana Industrial Area in Western Australia for a pilot plant study on ironmaking using an electric smelting furnace (ESF).The post BlueScope, BHP and Rio Tinto choose WA for electric smelting furnace pilot plant appeared first on Mining Technology.

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BlueScope, BHP and Rio Tinto choose WA for electric smelting furnace pilot plant

Kwinana, Western Australia. Image: beau/stock.adobe.comWestern Australia is set to become home to the nation’s largest steelmaking electric smelting furnace.  BHP and Rio Tino announced in February they would work with steelmaking giant BlueScope to scout out a location for a world-leading pilot plant that will deliver green steel for the global market. The plant will test out new technology to produce iron without metallurgical coal, slashing e…

BHP, Rio Tinto join BlueScope to build Australia's largest electric iron-making furnace

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