This article was originally featured on Undark. In the city of Woburn, Massachusetts, a suburb just north of Boston, a cadre of engineers and scientists in white coats inspected an orderly stack of ...

The U.S. Department of Energy awarded nearly $1.5 million to the University of Minnesota’s Natural Resources Research Institute to develop carbon-free methods of readying iron mined in the state for ...

Thyssenkrupp may have just cleared the path to bulk green steelmaking By Loz Blain September 28, 2022 Thyssenkrupp has announced a US$1.9 billion investment that will accelerate its green steelmaking ...

Coal’s grip on the global electricity sector is loosening as more utilities and companies invest in renewable energy. But one major coal consumer—the steel industry—is finding it harder to kick its ...

It's history lesson time in ye olde favorite environmental blog (probably not your favorite, but please let me live on in bliss). This time, I'm going to write more than you care about one of the most ...

A worker approaches the electric-arc furnace, which uses three giant electrodes to melt scrap into molten steel. Nucor's workers are among the highest-paid in the industry, Crawfordsville, Ind. on Aug ...

Steel is the most commonly used metal and fulfills a variety of structural and construction needs, along with being an essential material for the production of vehicles, mechanical equipment, and ...

Explosions at a massive United States Steel mill in Western Pennsylvania left two people dead and at least 10 injured, according to officials from Allegheny County and U.S. Steel. The explosions ...

British researchers have found a way to cut emissions of planet-warming carbon dioxide from steelmaking — and save money too. Steel production accounts for about 7% of the world’s carbon emissions. It ...

Steel prices have risen steadily in the first four months of 2021, and CEO Lourenco Goncalves of Cleveland-Cliffs said it is about time that “a ton of steel is worth more than a ton of bananas.” In a ...