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Published Date: June 05, 2026

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Steel’s Future Starts With Demand, Scrap, And Electricity, Not Hydrogen

Steel keeps getting framed as a hydrogen problem because hydrogen gives the sector a single shiny lever.

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Steel keeps getting framed as a hydrogen problem because hydrogen gives the sector a single shiny lever. Replace coal with hydrogen, keep making new iron, plug it into an electric arc furnace, and declare victory somewhere around the ribbon-cutting ceremony. It is an attractive story for governments, incumbent producers, electrolyzer ... [continued] The post Steel’s Future Starts With Demand, Scrap, And Electricity, Not Hydrogen appeared first on CleanTechnica .

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