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13 March 2025

New member Tecnored from Brazil expands the Group’s global footprint in the steel industry

Written by Jane Birch

Tecnored, from Brazil, has joined LeadIT, expanding the Group’s global footprint in the steel industry. With an extensive Research & Development (R&D) program, Tecnored has built a portfolio of innovative solutions for various steelmaking processes at different stages of development.

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An industrial plant in Brazil. The buildings are white against a blue sky. A road runs alongside the factory.

15 November 2024

Canadian green hydrogen partnership World Energy GH2 joins LeadIT

Written by Jane Birch

World Energy GH2 plans to construct one of the world’s first commercial green hydrogen and ammonia production plants. Its membership of LeadIT was announced during a LeadIT event at COP29 in Baku.

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11 November 2024

A question of demand – hydrogen and renewable electricity for the EU steel and iron transition

Written by Eileen Torres Morales, Aaron Maltais

The steel industry needs to cut carbon emissions by 55% by 2030 to align with EU climate targets. A new report based on the LeadIT Green Steel Tracker analyses hydrogen and renewable electricity demands to support this green transition within Europe.

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30 October 2024

Slow progress on net zero targets amongst the largest steel producers

Written by Eileen Torres Morales, Jane Birch

A new report from LeadIT and GEM has found that less than half of the world’s top steel producers have targets to reach net zero emissions by midcentury, and even fewer track the full scope of emissions, jeopardizing the sector’s ability to meet long-term climate goals.

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20 October 2024

India and Sweden the perfect match – driving policy, technology and finance for net zero

Written by Danny Chapman, Jane Birch

Decarbonizing the global cement and steel industries through partnerships enabled by LeadIT was top of the agenda at the India Sweden Innovation Day held in Stockholm.

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3 October 2024

The view from New York – reflections from Climate Week September 2024

Written by Nadia Mondini, Jane Birch

At two LeadIt hosted events at Climate Week 2024, speakers from industry, technology providers, government, academia and financiers focused on the necessary actions to accelerate the industry transition to net-zero.

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The view through a window in a skyscraper in the NewYork looking across the skyline. In the foreground there is a livestream audio and video mixing desk.