Steel has underpinned modern life for centuries, but it comes at an expensive cost. The industry is responsible for nearly 7 percent of the world’s total carbon dioxide emissions, driven by blast ...
MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (09/29/2025) — A research team at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities has investigated a new method to produce iron, the main component of steel. For the first time, the ...
A research team at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities has investigated a new method to produce iron, the main component of steel. For the first time, the researchers were able to observe chemical ...
CLAIRTON, Pa. — An explosion at a U.S. Steel plant near Pittsburgh left one person dead and sent at least 10 to hospitals Monday and heavily damaged the sprawling facilty, with emergency workers still ...
A team of Chinese researchers has developed a new iron-making technology that can complete smelting in as little as three seconds, a 3,600-fold increase in efficiency compared to conventional blast ...
The facility is the city’s biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions. Advocates say its dirty blast furnaces need to be replaced with cleaner technology.
Iron-ore headed for a brutal weekly loss, hitting the lowest level since 2022, on concern that a steel-industry crisis rippling across China will sap demand, while supplies from miners remain robust.