Taking a concrete step towards future-oriented, climate-friendly technology for steel production, Tenova – a company of the Techint Group specialised in innovative solutions for the metals and mining industries – and Salzgitter AG – among the leaders in innovative and sustainable steel and technology products – have joined hands to promote SALCOS (SAlzgitter Low CO2 Steelmaking).

 

SALCOS is a revolutionary concept for a significantly CO2-reduced steel production, commonly developed by the two companies. The aim is to undergo a stepwise transformation process of the integrated steel making route, moving from carbon-intensive steel production based on blast-furnaces towards a direct reduction and electric arc furnace route, including the flexible incremental utilisation of hydrogen. This concept is capable of reducing CO2 emissions up to 95 per cent with respect to the entire steel production route. The cooperation aims at jointly applying for public funding of the SALCOS project.

 

In this context, Tenova will provide the ENERGIRON-ZR-direct reduction technology, the innovative HYL Direct Reduction Technology with integrated CO2 absorption system, jointly developed by Tenova and Danieli.