The Green Steel Challenge podcast aims to invite a conversation, ignite innovation and accelerate change within and around the steel industry, contributing significantly to the decarbonisation of this crucial material.
Drawing inspiration from Willy Korf, the German entrepreneur known as a steel rebel and pioneer of the mini-mill and DRI, this podcast challenges the steel industry. Produced by The Willy Korf Foundation and Kallanish Commodities, both neutral entities deeply connected to the steel industry yet without direct commercial interests, we aim to be a platform for transformative ideas.
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The Green Steel Challenge podcast aims to invite a conversation, ignite innovation and accelerate change within and around the steel industry, contributing significantly to the decarbonisation of this crucial material.
Drawing inspiration from Willy Korf, the German entrepreneur known as a steel rebel and pioneer of the mini-mill and DRI, this podcast challenges the steel industry. Produced by The Willy Korf Foundation and Kallanish Commodities, both neutral entities deeply connected to the steel industry yet without direct commercial interests, we aim to be a platform for transformative ideas.
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Today, Sanjiv Lamba, CEO of Linde, joins us for an engaging conversation! Linde, a global leader in industrial gases and engineering, is at the forefront of developing solutions that drive productivity while supporting sustainability and decarbonisation efforts worldwide.
From chemicals & energy to manufacturing, metals, and mining, Linde’s expertise spans a variety of industries. Their advanced gas processing technologies are helping businesses improve efficiency, expand operations, and reduce emissions.
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Hydrogen is expected to be a key factor not only in steel industry decarbonisation but in much of manufacture and transportation, too, where the use of coal or hydrocarbons has previously been prevalent. Developing scalable technologies and funding the capital required for future hydrogen supply is very much a key to the Green Steel Challenge and the industry in general. In this episode, we talk to Pierre-Etienne Franc, co-founder and Chairman of FiveT Hydrogen, which is the world’s largest fund dedicated to low-carbon hydrogen infrastructure. The challenges and their solutions are eloquently described and discussed, and some very interesting conclusions are drawn as to how the future of Green Steel may look.
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Much of the Green Steel Challenge is about reducing the amount of CO2-emitting coal used in the blast furnace to reduce iron ore. However, carbon itself is an essential component of steel, and this is an issue in EAFs where coke also usually has to be added to obtain the required quality of steel.
In this episode, we chat with John Mellowes, Cofounder of BioCarbon, an Australian start-up that takes waste biomass resources such as woodchip and sawmill waste and coverts it to a range of biocarbon products that can be used in heavy industries such as steelmaking using an innovative pyrolysis technology.
Tune in to hear how their vision is reshaping the future of steel production.
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We welcome Nicole Voigt, Managing Director and Partner at the Boston Consulting Group known as BCG. Nicole is a member of the leadership team of the Materials & Process Industries practice area. She is the global lead for the metals topic for the firm and has deep expertise in working with clients in the steel and copper industry. Nicole also provides thought leadership to the steel industry regarding trade policies and their implications, as well as the decarbonisation of the industry in light of global climate considerations.
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In this episode, we welcome George Adams, CEO and President of SA Recycling. With more than 140 locations, SA has the largest network of scrap metal facilities in the United States and is one of the world’s largest recyclers. He is also on the divisional board of The Bureau of International Recycling, known as the BIR.
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In this episode, we welcome Andrea Fuder, Executive Vice President of Volvo Group Trucks Purchasing & Chief Purchasing Officer for Volvo Group, which is headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden. Volvo Trucks is part of the Volvo Group and is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of trucks, buses, construction equipment and marine and industrial engines.
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The second season of The Green Steel Challenges launches with our guest Greg Murphy, General Counsel & Executive Vice President of Business Services & Sustainability at Nucor, based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Nucor is the largest steel and steel products producer in the US and the largest recycler of scrap in North America.
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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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