Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) and Primetals Technologies signed a MoU on green steel projects and technology at the steel plant in Rourkela, India.
Mar 06, 2024
Primetals Technologies and leading Indian steel producer Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to closely collaborate on projects and technologies related to decarbonization at the plant located in Rourkela, Odisha, India. The signing ceremony took place at the executive director’s office of SAIL’s Rourkela Steel Plant.
SAIL’s Rourkela steel plant has a strong focus on decarbonization as one of its priorities to future-proof the production processes and is therefore currently looking for solutions to lower its carbon footprint. The partnership with Primetals Technologies is a key strategic move in this endeavour.
A Full-Fledged Provider of Green Production Solutions
Primetals Technologies is the market leader in environmental and energy-efficiency solutions for the metals industry and has established an organization dedicated to green steel technologies and the transformation into a greener steel industry. Primetals Technologies will work closely with SAIL’s Rourkela location, providing expertise across the green ironmaking and steelmaking value chain, including but not limited to carbon capture and utilization (CCU), digitalization, hydrogen-based steel production, electric steelmaking, and advanced gas-cleaning solutions.
Leading Plant-Building Expertise
Mr. Norbert Petermaier, Executive Vice President of Sales at Primetals Technologies, said, “We are very happy to partner with SAIL and the Rourkela steel plant for its transition into green steel production. The metals industry is currently moving quickly in terms of efforts to decarbonize. As the global front runner, Primetals Technologies will support and assist the SAIL Rourkela steel plant in the best possible way based on our proven expertise in green ironmaking and steelmaking solutions. And, as part of the larger Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group, we also have at our disposal profound knowledge in technologies related to carbon capture and utilization.”
“The SAIL Rourkela steel plant is happy to get associated with Primetals Technologies on our endeavor to cut down the carbon emissions in order to meet our overall target of becoming net-carbon neutral,” said Mr. Sharad Raghunath Suryawanshi, Executive Director (Works) of SAIL’s Rourkela steel plant, on the occasion of the MOU signing ceremony.
