BHP and India’s SAIL collaborate on steel decarbonisation
The Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), the largest government-owned steel producer in India, and resources company BHP, are collaborating to support steelmaking decarbonisation.
This collaboration, which follows the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU), will focus on promoting lower carbon steelmaking technology pathways for the blast furnace route in India.
Under this MoU, the parties are already exploring a number of workstreams supporting the potential decarbonisation of SAIL’s blast furnace steel plants commencing with an initial study to assess various strategies to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.
These workstreams will consider the role of alternate reductants for the blast furnace such as hydrogen and biochar use, with a view to also building local research and development capability to support the decarbonisation transition. The deployment of technology and abatements on the blast furnace is critical to progress in decarbonising India’s and the global steel industry, in the mid and long term and partnerships are vital in the approach.
“The emergent need to align the steel sector with climate commitments is non-negotiable,” said SAIL chairperson Shri Amarendu Prakash.
BHP COO Rag Udd added that the group had long-established relationship with SAIL. “We are pleased to be extending and strengthening this relationship to explore decarbonisation opportunities for the blast furnace route. We recognise that decarbonising this industry is a challenge that we cannot meet alone, and we must come together to leverage shared expertise and resources, to support the development of technologies and capability that could have the potential to create a real change in carbon emissions both now and in the longer term.”
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