The company aims to replace blast furnaces with electric arc furnaces. The plans aim to deliver net zero production through electric arc furnaces to be installed in Scunthorpe and Teeside.

“The problem is the most hazardous carbon emitting [part of manganese alloy production] is the use of coal or coke [reductants],” Kumar said.

“The problem is the most hazardous carbon emitting [part of manganese alloy production] is the use of coal or coke [reductants],” Kumar said.

The consumption of steel scrap in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was expected to rise sharply in the coming years amid expansions in steelmaker capacities to feed greater steel demand in the country.

Baoshan Iron & Steel (Baosteel) said on Friday it had agreed to buy a 48.6% stake in a steelmaker for 10.7 billion yuan ($1.49 billion) from Shandong Iron & Steel Group.

ln a surprising turn, Oman, despite lacking the internal capacity for corresponding slab production, has successfully expanded its export volume.

Lifezone Metals (NYSE: LZM), which is 17% owned by BHP, announced on Thursday a mineral resource update for the Kabanga nickel project in northwest Tanzania.

Indonesia's production capacity of nickel metal is expected to hit 2.2 million metric tons in 2023, said Septian Hario Seto, a deputy minister in Indonesia's Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs and Investment, said on Wednesday.