Explosions at a massive United States Steel mill in Western Pennsylvania left two people dead and at least 10 injured, according to officials from Allegheny County and U.S. Steel. The explosions ...

Steel is essential in today’s economy. It’s in everything from cars and buildings to medical equipment and wind turbines. But making steel from scratch is not great for the climate. At least not the ...

Making steel produces a lot of greenhouse-gas emissions. Now, construction is underway in Sweden on an industrial-scale plant that will emit almost zero carbon dioxide. Boston Metal, LKAB, Midrex, ...

Because the current reactor can only make about a ton or two of material per month, the company plans to build an even larger demonstration plant set to come online in 2026 and begin operations a year ...

The Swedish startup Stegra has raised close to $7 billion to produce zero-emissions steel using green hydrogen starting in 2026. As of 2023, nearly 2 billion metric tons of it were being produced ...

Efforts to decarbonize the carbon-intensive steel industry face mounting technological, economic and political obstacles, ...

In the Mon Valley of western Pennsylvania, steel was once a way of life, one synonymous with the image of rural, working-class Rust Belt communities. At its height in 1910, Pittsburgh alone produced ...