Indian SAIL partners with Primetals on green steel transition

Primetals Technologies and leading Indian steel producer Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to closely collaborate on projects and technologies related to decarbonization at the plant located in Rourkela, Odisha, India.
SAIL’s Rourkela steel plant has a strong focus on decarbonization as one of its priorities in order to future-proof the production processes, and is therefore currently looking for solutions to lower its carbon footprint. 
Primetals Technologies will work closely with SAIL’s Rourkela location, providing expertise across the green ironmaking and steelmaking value chain, including but not limited to carbon capture and utilization (CCU), digitalization, hydrogen-based steel production, electric steelmaking, and advanced gas-cleaning solutions.

Plant building expertise
“The metals industry is currently moving quickly in terms of efforts to decarbonize. As the global front runner, Primetals Technologies will support and assist the SAIL Rourkela steel plant in the best possible way based on our proven expertise in green ironmaking and steelmaking solutions“, said Norbert Petermaier, Executive Vice President of Sales at Primetals Technologies. „And, as part of the larger Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group, we also have at our disposal profound knowledge in technologies related to carbon capture and utilization.”
“The SAIL Rourkela steel plant is happy to get associated with Primetals Technologies on our endeavor to cut down the carbon emissions in order to meet our overall target of becoming net-carbon neutral,” said Sharad Raghunath Suryawanshi, Executive Director (Works) of SAIL’s Rourkela steel plant, on the occasion of the MOU signing ceremony.
Source: Primetals