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Salzgitter to start converting to green hydrogen-based steel production by 2026 as it bags €1bn in public subsidy

Renewable H2 at the heart of German steel giant’s plans to replace polluting ironmaking furnaces with direct reduced iron (DRI) plants

Stephan Weil, minister-president Lower Saxony, Gunnar Groebler, CEO Salzgitter AG, Robert Habeck, Germany's federal minister for economic affairs and climate action.
Stephan Weil, minister-president Lower Saxony, Gunnar Groebler, CEO Salzgitter AG, Robert Habeck, Germany's federal minister for economic affairs and climate action.Photo: Salzgitter AG
  • Rachel Parkes
Published 18 April 2023, 11:25Updated 18 April 2023, 11:27
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