SuSteelAG – Sustainable Steel from Australia and Germany
Green steel is produced by processing iron ore with green hydrogen. In Australia both resources are abundantly available: in recent years the country has positioned itself as a global pioneer for green hydrogen production. ‘Down Under’ has not only ample sunshine and wind, but also enormous iron-ore reserves. The export of this ore is one of the central pillars of the Australian economy, which now aims to also produce green steel locally.
The SuSteelAG project aims to optimise green steel production based on different ore qualities, in particular fine ores with lower metal content, provided by the Australian project partner Fortescue Metals Group. The project results are intended to demonstrate the process chain and prepare it for industrial-scale implementation.
The project covers the entire process chain: ore preparation, direct reduction with hydrogen, water recycling, magnetic separation, compaction as well as the logistics chain to Germany. A sustainability analysis (LCA) and a life-cycle cost analysis (LCC) complement the project in order to identify ecological and economic optimisation potentials and assess the carbon footprint.
In the long term the aim is thus to establish an international value chain that promotes sustainable steel production and reinforces Germany’s role as a leading provider in the field of green hydrogen technologies.
Partners: Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM), Salzgitter Mannesmann Forschung, TS Group Elino, HyIron GmbH, Fraunhofer‑Institut für Schicht‑ und Oberflächentechnik (IST), Fraunhofer‑Institut für Keramische Technologien und Systeme (IKTS), RWTH Aachen University, Aufbereitung mineralischer Rohstoffe (AMR), Heidelberg Manufacturing Deutschland GmbH, HANSA PORT, Fortescue Metals Group (FMG), and University of New South Wales (UNSW).
Funding volume: approx. €5.2 million.
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