Primetals Technologies with Strategic Partner Mitsubishi Corporation, Voestalpine, and Rio Tinto to Implement Hydrogen-Based Ironmaking Plant
On April 1, 2025, Primetals Technologies, together with its strategic partner Mitsubishi Corporation, Rio Tinto, a leading mining and materials company, and globally leading steel and technology group voestalpine, signed a cooperation agreement to fast-track the development of fluidised bed and smelter technologies. The participants will implement and operate an industrial-scale prototype plant featuring a new process for potential net-zero CO2 emissions ironmaking at the voestalpine site in Linz, Austria. Startup of the plant is scheduled for mid-2027.

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