Rio Tinto joins consortium on EU-funded green steel project
"A significant advancement in future-proof ironmaking."
Global mining firm Rio Tinto will provide 70% of the iron ore used at an industrial-scale green steel prototype plant in Austria, as part of an agreement to support the development of low-carbon steelmaking.
Rio Tinto joins engineering firm Primetals Technologies, energy giant Mitsubishi Corporation, as well as voestalpine in this green steel consortium, which has received funding from the EU and the Austrian government.
