Hacker News with Generative AI: Steel

Boston Metal shows industrial reactor that uses electricity to make steel (technologyreview.com)
Green-steel startup Boston Metal just showed that it has all the ingredients needed to make steel without emitting gobs of greenhouse gases. The company successfully ran its largest reactor yet to make steel, producing over a ton of metal, MIT Technology Review can exclusively report.

Sustainability, Steel, Manufacturing, Green Technology

10 points by animal_spirits 16 days ago | 2 comments

Carbon-Negative Ironmaking Using Fast Pyrolysis Bio-Oil Gasification (charmindustrial.com)
Steel is the backbone of modern industry, but America’s steel supply chain is heavily dependent on imports that leave jobs and industries vulnerable.

Steel, Industry, Climate Change, Bioenergy, Sustainability

15 points by n2parko 20 days ago | 8 comments

Highly efficient flash iron-making moves to commercialization in China (scmp.com)
After more than a decade of intensive research in China, a new ironmaking technology is poised to revolutionise the global steel manufacturing industry.

China, Steel, Iron, Manufacturing, Technology

10 points by dr_dshiv 114 days ago | 1 comments

America Has a Hot-Steel Problem (theatlantic.com)

Steel, Manufacturing, Economy, United States

7 points by fortran77 230 days ago | 0 comments