Tata Steel signs deal to build Dutch green steel units

Tata Steel Netherlands has signed agreements with Italian steelmaking equipment suppliers Danieli and Tenova to set up green steel production units at its plant in Ijmuiden city.

The company has selected the two Italy-based firms to provide engineering services for a direct-reduced iron plant and a 3mn t/yr electric arc furnace (EAF) at Tata Steel's Ijmuiden operations. Tenova will provide engineering, supply and advisory services for the EAF.

The move is part of Tata Steel Netherland's plans to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045. The first phase of the plan is aimed at reducing CO2 emissions by 40pc or a 5 megatonne cut by 2030. This involves replacing the No.7 blast furnace and a coke-making plant with the direct-reduced iron plant and the EAF.

Tata Steel will apply for the necessary permits to implement the first phase of the plan before the end of 2024. The firm's overall carbon emissions intensity totalled 2.21/t of crude steel, according to its 2022-23 financial report.

By Amruta Khandekar