Hyundai Steel begins mass production of low-emission steel sheets

Hyundai Steel has begun mass production of low-emission steel sheets that cut carbon emissions by more than 20 percent compared with products made solely through conventional blast furnace processes, as the company steps up efforts to meet tightening environmental regulations. According to the steelmaker Wednesday, it has successfully commercialized the world’s first hybrid process that combines molten iron produced by an electric arc furnace (EAF) with that from a blast furnace, leveraging its accumulated expertise in both technologies. Hyundai Steel has been conducting stability and quality verification tests at its steel mill in Dangjin, South Chungcheong Province, since April 2023 ahead of operating the hybrid EAF-blast furnace process and entered full-scale mass production this month. The company has completed grade certification for 25 steel products manufactured using the new process, including two types of low-emission steel sheets that recently entered mass production. It plans to secure certification for an additional 28 products within the year, expanding the total to 53 ceWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times