当社はこのたび経済産業省が推進する「GXリーグ」に参画いたしました。

製鉄機械メーカー世界大手の伊ダニエリ・グループは次世代型電気炉製鋼電源装置「Ｑ―ＯＮＥ」を日本国内の電炉設備向けに拡販を進めている。電流と電圧の超高速制御による操業の効率化によって電力消費を抑えることができ、近年に東京製鉄九州工場など複数の電炉メーカーに採用されている。カーボンニュートラルの実現に向けて電炉の省エネ化や新規・大型電炉の導入が増えつつあり、ダニエリは日本法人による技術サービスなどアフターフォローの体制も整え、普及を図る方針だ。

ＪＦＥ条鋼株式会社は、省エネルギー事業として次世代型製鋼用電源システム「Q-ONE」を姫路製造所（兵庫県姫路市）に導入する契約を締結することとなり、10月17日にＪＦＥ条鋼本社（東京都港区）で渡辺 敦社長、ダニエリオートメーションのアントネロ・モルデグリア会長、ダニエリ・エンジニアリング・ジャパン 泉 直樹社長のほか関係者が出席し、契約書へのサインを行いました。

Our CEO, Helen Clarkson sat down with South Korean news outlet, MK Daily, to discuss the big questions such as, how will trade restrictions such as the EU's CBAM will impact South Korea's important steel exports? What are the key steel decarbonisation trends for 2024? What are the benefits of SteelZero membership to businesses? Find the answers and more below.

Outokumpu and Q Power to explore synthetic methane production in Tornio, Finland to accelerate decarbonization in stainless steel
Outokumpu, the leading producer of sustainable, 100% recyclable stainless steel, is committed to a circular economy model and is constantly looking for ways to reduce its waste and its carbon footprint. The next step on this journey is to explore the potential of carbon capture utilization (CCU) technology as means to utilize the company’s emissions as raw materials to produce new products such as e-fuels. As part of these efforts, Outokumpu has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Q Power, a Finnish Power-to-X technology provider, to explore the production of synthetic methane* at Outokumpu’s largest site in Tornio, Finland.

Outokumpu and Langh Ship aim to reduce carbon emissions from short sea liner operation by at least 25% by the end of 2024
Outokumpu, the global leader in sustainable stainless steel, is deepening its long-term transport collaboration with Finnish shipping company Langh Ship, by taking into use new energy-efficient and low-emission vessels during 2024. The first multipurpose vessel, Lovisa, has started its liner service for Outokumpu between Finland and the Netherlands. Outokumpu aims to have six vessels in use from Langh Ship during the year with a target to reduce Outokumpu’s annual carbon emissions from short sea shipping by at least 25% by the end of 2024. The collaboration presents a positive outcome from the opportunity aligned with tightening environmental regulations from both the EU and the International Maritime Organization (IMO)* – allowing Outokumpu and Langh Ship to navigate the evolving regulatory landscape while pursuing sustainability targets.

JSL’s green hydrogen project gels with India’s vision for sustainable future
The company inaugurated India’s first green hydrogen stainless steel plant on Monday
Jindal Stainless has two manufacturing facilities in India–one at Jajpur in Odisha and the other at Hisar.
Jindal Stainless Steel's green hydrogen project aligns with the government's vision for a cleaner and more sustainable future, and will be an inspiration for other industry players to embrace clean technologies, said Jyotiraditya Scindia, Union minister for aviation and steel, on Monday.
He was speaking at the inauguration of India's first green hydrogen plant in the stainless-steel sector by Jindal Stainless Steel.

Long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) for ground-mounted photovoltaic system
Around 71 GWh/a of green electricity generated for green steel production
The Salzgitter Group is engaged in close cooperation with customers and partners to achieve its climate aims and objectives,
and is now partnering with Energiesysteme Groß GmbH & Co. KG and Agrarbetrieb Gut Merbitz GbR on their PV project in Wettin-Löbejün. S
alzgitter Flachstahl GmbH and IG Merbitz Solar GmbH, the project company for the PV power plant in Merbitz, have now concluded a green electricity supply agreement (PPA).
The electricity will be generated by a ground-mounted photovoltaic system currently under construction at the Merbitz site in Saxony-Anhalt.
"The electricity supply agreement now concluded between our two companies underlines the importance of renewable energies for the energy transition in Germany and for the Salzgitter site – where virtually CO2-free steel will be produced from 2026 onwards",
as Ralph Schaper, Head of Energy Management, Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH stated.

三菱UFJフィナンシャル・グループ、みずほフィナンシャルグループ、三井住友フィナンシャルグループ、三井住友トラスト・ホールディングスなど日本の銀行は、中国以外で鉄鋼生産用の原料炭プロジェクトを開発している大手企業50社に660億米ドル以上を提供していることがわかりました。

インド、SAILのルールケーラー製鉄所でグリーンスチールへの移行に取り組む
SAILのルールケーラー製鉄所におけるグリーンスチールプロジェクトで技術提携
一貫製鉄所で生産される全製品を対象とする脱炭素ソリューション評価に向けた重要な戦略

A new white paper from Industrious Labs and Public Citizen released today reveals a significant disparity in grant subsidies between the United States and Europe for green steel investments. While Europe has awarded $5.5 billion in public subsidies across six major green steel projects, with a median subsidy of approximately $385 per tonne of iron capacity, the U.S. lags with no green iron facilities announced.