The Green Steel Challenge The Willy Korf Foundation

In the not to be missed final episode join Astrid, Mike and James’s they dive into a dynamic recap of the Green Steel Challenge. Relive the highlights, discover key insights and hear firsthand what we have learned and experienced. Plus get a sneak peak into the hot issues that will ignite debate in the upcoming season.
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Episode 14 features Thomas Hansmann, CTO of SMS Group, one of the major equipment suppliers to the global steel and metals industry. We discuss how technology develops, especially in the world of decarbonisation, and how mature technologies such as blast furnaces can still adapt alongside very new technologies now under development.
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Join us in Episode 13 for our discussion with Irina Gorbounova, VP President M&A and Head of the ArcelorMittal XCarb Innovation Fund.
This venture capital fund is focused on new companies in all regions of the world developing breakthrough technologies that will accelerate the steel industry’s transition to carbon-neutral steelmaking. It has already invested over $150 million. The episode offers unique insights into the ongoing industrial revolution and how the process of applying innovation is changing.


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In Episode 12 we hear from Gunnar Groebler, CEO of Salzgitter Group. The Salzgitter Flachstahl integrated site is the European leader in converting from coal-based blast furnace production to renewable-powered EAF production based on H2-fuelled DRI as a raw material.
The challenges for this transformation are truly immense, especially within Europe, and the discussion around it is critical to understanding the wider regional implications of the Green Steel Challenge.

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In Episode 11, Mario Arvedi Caldonazzo, CEO of Italian-based Arvedi Group, talks about how his group is unique within Europe in already being established as an EAF-based flat products producer, like the mini mills of North America.
He talks about how the entrepreneurial spirit of his business and its technology capability allows it to respond dynamically to The Green Steel Challenge.


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Episode 10 features Dr Anne-Marie Grossmann, Board Member of the German special producer GMH. Germany and its steel industry is perhaps at the forefront of the current revolution occurring in response to The Green Steel Challenge.
In this episode Dr Anne-Marie Grossmann presents a clear and honest appraisal of what is happening in Germany which then has huge relevance to Europe and subsequently other regions of the world.

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