The Indian company Tata Steel is one of the world’s largest steel manufacturing companies, with operations in 26 countries and a yearly crude steel capacity of 35 million tonnes.
Tata Steel was established in India as Asia’s first integrated private steel company in 1907. Today, the company is one of the leading global steel companies, with fully integrated steel operations from mining to the manufacturing and marketing of finished products.
The company is committed to taking decisive actions towards carbon neutrality and driving the industry’s sustainability efforts and India’s path towards industrial decarbonization. The company has set a goal to become net-zero in carbon emissions by 2045. It has implemented cutting-edge carbon-negative technologies, such as Coal Bed Methane injection and has commissioned India’s first carbon capture plant to extract CO2 directly from blast furnace gas.
Tata Steel has partnered with LeadIT members Cemvision and JK Cement to explore converting steelmaking slag into high-value feedstock for near-zero-carbon cement, while also recovering valuable metals, The companies aim to conduct a joint feasibility study, supported by grants from the Swedish Energy Agency and India’s Department of Science and Technology as part of LeadIT’s Industry Transition Partnership.
