The one stop fact sheet to explain how steel is made.

Author: Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), 2022

What is circularity and how can it help to accelerate the steel sector? Sandbag's latest report discuss how this process combined with the European industrial sector and climate policy can help to accelerate the transition.

Author: Sandbag, 2022

In order to align India’s steel and cement industrial sectors with the low-carbon pathways, both public policy and financial support are required for immediate action. These industries are two of India’s largest CO20-emitting sectors and must be attended to. “The Path to Decarbonizing India’s Steel and Cement Industry” blog post acknowledges that there needs to be the right mix of solutions brought into play, including receiving local and international support, change in public policy and technological advances.

Author: Yash Kashyap, Climate Policy Initiative, 2021

For a change in tone, Wood Mackenzie brings some positivity through his piece. Through a report Reuters had access to, Wood Mackenzie found carbon dioxide emissions from the world's steel sector will fall 30% by 2050. This can be linked to more mills making the change to less-polluting electric arc furnaces (EAF).

Author: Reuters, 2022

With steel and cement being such common materials in the modern world, the demand for them will only continue to grow. This means that the COP26 commitments must be executed and drive the “decade of action” needed. In this Industrial Analytics Platform guest article, three specialists discuss what still needs to be done to move forward, as well as the challenges that may arise.

Author: Industrial Analytics Platform, 2022

Want to know more about Japan and South Korea Steel sector but don't know how? InfluenceMap's report "The Japanese and South Korean Steel Sectors & Climate Policy" compares how well East Asian steelmakers perform on climate policy engagement. Unfortunately, it has been identified that Japan and South Korean steel companies fall immensely low on the ladder. By drawing on these stark conclusions, they have put forward recommendations for investors that would move these nations into the front runner space on leading the way to safer climate.

Author: InfluenceMap, 2022

A short fact sheet on steel industrial transformation, outlining the problems and solutions for the United States steel industry.

Author: Sierra Club, 2022

With the decisive decade upon us, there is an increasing pressure for installing greener approaches in the industrial sectors. McKinsey & Company discuss 'the way forward' for the construction sector in achieving net-zero steel.

Author: McKinsey & Company, 2022

Ben Beachy's article imagines a comprehensive green industrial policy in the United States that could articulate the next margin for climate activists and policymakers.

Author: Ben Beachy, 2022

Where there's a will there's a way, so goes the saying - but is there a way for decarbonising energy-intensive industries? In this episode of the Tata Steel podcast, with guest Gareth Stace who is the Director General of Trade Association UK Steel, they discuss the importance of a supportive political framework. The conversation covers a range of intersecting topics including the challenges faced when ensuring policies in this energy arena, as well as how energy-intensive industries rely on these policies to achieve decarbonisation.

Author: Tata Steel, 2022

With the global steel production having substantially increased from 2000 to 2020, it appears that. the demand for steel will only continue to increase. In Global Efficiency Intelligence’s report Global Efficiency Intelligence, they set out to create the international benchmarking for energy and CO2 intensities related to steel, allowing you to know which are the countries in the world guiding the industry's future, and what factors are contributing to this.

Author: Global Efficiency Intelligence, 2022

So we understand that net-zero is critical in the built environment space, but how do we actually achieve this? Nature’s article identifies the core nine priorities that could take steel and cement closer to being carbon neutral.

Author: Nature, 2022

Ever found yourself looking endlessly for steel sector data that is current? Global Energy Monitor’s Global Steel Plant Tracker is the answer to your data worries. You can find not only general information about each iron and steel plants themselves, but also expansion plans and footnoted references for further details.

Author: Global Energy Monitor

Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) has released a guide that outlines exactly what investors should expect from corporate climate transition plans. The guide provides 5 principles, that includes an outline of the expectations from the relevant sector. To read up on the steel sector, head to page 11.

Author: Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC), 2022

This study investigates the direct reduced iron-electric arc furnace production route enabled by renewable energy and deployed in regional settings. The hypothesis, that co-locating manufacturing processes with renewable energy resources would offer highest energy efficiency and cost reduction, is tested through an Australia-Japan case study.

Author: Alexandra Devlin & Aidong Yang, 2022

Green Steel 101 brought to you by Green Alliance's deputy director, Roz Bulleid. This podcast will cover all things about green steel from the basics, right down to a deep dive in what this means for the market.

Author: Green Alliance, 2022

The government’s procurement activities, regardless of their level, are in some way accountable for 15% of greenhouse gas emissions. According to the Green Public Procurement: Catalysing the Net-Zero Economy (by the World Economic Forum), if these emissions were subsided it would result in approximately $4 trillion boost in the green economy. Read further to know about the advantages and disadvantages of green procurement, as well as gaining a sense of direction on how these activities can achieve the overall goal of net-zero.

Author: World Economic Forum, 2022

This report by TransitionZero and Global Efficiency Intelligence presents a study on steel production costs in major steel producing countries around the world. The analysis is carried out both at the country-level and plant-level, and showcases yearly production costs between 2019 to 2021, broken down by the major cost components of the steel production: namely raw materials, energy, labor, and “other costs”. In addition to estimating total steel production cost in each country, we have also estimated the steel production cost for both primary steelmaking, using blast furnace and basic oxygen furnace (BF-BOF), and secondary steelmaking using electric arc furnace (EAF), separately.

Japan announced its carbon neutrality goal by 2050, but plans to actually get there are lacking. As industry sectors account for 37% of Japan’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and iron and steel are important materials widely used by a multitude of industries, "Towards Carbon Neutral Steel in Japan" learns from the latest trends in the European Union to stimulate proactive discussion and contribute to Japan’s policy decision making.

Author: Renewable Energy Institute, 2021

With a key focus on Asia, the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC) analyses the challenges currently being faced in adopting carbon, capture and storage (CCS) in the decarbonisation journey of the energy sector. These barriers have created implications within decided strategies of all actors involved, including governments, industries and companies. AIGCC presents recommendations for investors and companies to defeat these challenges and achieve the CCS adaption.

Author: Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC), 2021