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Hydrogen cannot be a half measure for clean steel, think tank says

Published 11:13 on September 2, 2025 / Last updated at 00:28 on September 3, 2025 / / Asia Pacific (Asia), Net Zero Transition (Industrial Decarbonisation)

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Half measures such as using hydrogen as a reductant in place of coking coal in a traditional blast furnace to make steel do not offer the deep emissions cuts the sector needs, a think tank argued this week.
Half measures such as using hydrogen as a reductant in place of coking coal in a traditional blast furnace to make steel do not offer the deep emissions cuts the sector needs, a think tank argued this week.


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