A worker holds fossil-free iron pellets at the HYBRIT Pilot Plant in Arctic Sweden

A worker holds fossil-free iron pellets at the HYBRIT Pilot Plant, the site that produced the world's first batch of fossil-free sponge iron.   The red pellets on the right are iron-oxide pellets, and the ones on the are pure iron pellets that have been treated by direct reduction technique using hydrogen.   The plan is a joint Swedish investment by steel-maker SSAB, iron ore miner LKAB and electricity provider Vattenfall.   With HYBRIT technology, SSAB aims to be the first steel company in the world to bring fossil-free steel to the market already in 2026 and largely eliminate carbon dioxide emissions from their own operations in around 2030.  In 2016, SSAB, LKAB (Europe’s largest iron ore producer) and Vattenfall (one of Europe’s largest energy companies) joined forces to create HYBRIT – an initiative that endeavors to revolutionize steelmaking. Using HYBRIT technology, SSAB aims to replace coking coal, traditionally needed for ore-based steelmaking, with fossil-free electricity and hydrogen. The result will be the world’s first fossil-free steelmaking technology, with virtually no carbon footprint. Their goal is to reduce Sweden’s CO2 emissions by 10% and Finland’s by 7%.

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A worker holds fossil-free iron pellets at the HYBRIT Pilot Plant, the site that produced the world's first batch of fossil-free sponge iron.   The red pellets on the right are iron-oxide pellets, and the ones on the are pure iron pellets that have been treated by direct reduction technique using hydrogen.   The plan is a joint Swedish investment by steel-maker SSAB, iron ore miner LKAB and electricity provider Vattenfall.   With HYBRIT technology, SSAB aims to be the first steel company in the world to bring fossil-free steel to the market already in 2026 and largely eliminate carbon dioxide emissions from their own operations in around 2030.  In 2016, SSAB, LKAB (Europe’s largest iron ore producer) and Vattenfall (one of Europe’s largest energy companies) joined forces to create HYBRIT – an initiative that endeavors to revolutionize steelmaking. Using HYBRIT technology, SSAB aims to replace coking coal, traditionally needed for ore-based steelmaking, with fossil-free electricity and hydrogen. The result will be the world’s first fossil-free steelmaking technology, with virtually no carbon footprint. Their goal is to reduce Sweden’s CO2 emissions by 10% and Finland’s by 7%.