The $1.6 trillion global steel industry generates between 7% and 9% of global carbon dioxide emissions. Boston Metal has been working for a decade to develop, refine and scale technologies for ...

Making steel produces a lot of greenhouse-gas emissions. Now, construction is underway in Sweden on an industrial-scale plant that will emit almost zero carbon dioxide. Boston Metal, LKAB, Midrex, ...

Steel is essential in today’s economy. It’s in everything from cars and buildings to medical equipment and wind turbines. But making steel from scratch is not great for the climate. At least not the ...

Because the current reactor can only make about a ton or two of material per month, the company plans to build an even larger demonstration plant set to come online in 2026 and begin operations a year ...

Boston Metal completed its first run of an industrial reactor that uses electricity to make steel. This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in ...

With more than $350 million in venture funding and a new factory in Brazil, Boston Metal looks to scale up production of its green method for making steel. If steel were a country, it would be the ...

Making steel was responsible for about 7% of global greenhouse gas emissions in 2020. That’s because steelmakers in countries like China, Japan and South Korea have long relied on fossil fuels like ...