INSPIRING INNOVATION

Customer Collaborations

The need for countries and companies to be on a path to net-zero GHG emissions presents new opportunities for steelmakers. As an essential manufacturing material, steel supports the decarbonization of electric power generation, transport vehicles and residential and commercial buildings. These sectors are currently responsible for U.S. GHG emissions of 25%, 28% and 13%, respectively.*

In 2023, U. S. Steel established new customer relationships across diverse industries that support the transition to a lower-carbon economy. Several of these customers’ products support lower end-user emissions across their value chains.

*https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/sources-greenhouse-gas-emissions

 

 DuPont

U. S. Steel and DuPont launched a new product in 2023, COASTALUME™, North America’s first GALVALUME® solution engineered and warrantied for coastal environments. Marking a collaboration of two iconic American industrial companies, the new COASTALUME™ product combines the strength and self-healing characteristics of U. S. Steel's GALVALUME® solution with DuPont’s Tedlar® polyvinyl fluoride (“PVF”) film barrier that helps resist saltwater corrosion, UV damage, cracking, impact, and more.

Today, nearly 40% of Americans live in coastal counties and increasingly face unpredictability and damage caused by environmental factors such as hurricane force winds and saltwater spray. By combining these two materials for the first time, U. S. Steel and DuPont have built a maintenance-free roofing solution that offers a level of durability and reliability needed in residential and commercial construction along the coast.

BMW

BMW is focused on significantly reducing the carbon footprint of its steel sourcing, which is why they have partnered with U. S. Steel's Big River Steel to help them reach their sustainability goals. Purchasing lower carbon footprint steel from BR1 has “helped us achieve our current 100% renewable energy and lower CO2 footprint targets for 2024”, says BMW. About half of BMW’s flat steel requirements are supplied by EAF’s.

This manufacturing process has significant potential for CO2 savings, compared to coal-based steel production in a blast furnace. With its versatile properties, steel is nevertheless one of the key materials for automotive manufacturing and will be no less important for future vehicle concepts and generations.**

*https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/global/article/detail/T0405678EN/bmw-group-secures-co2-reduced-steel-for-global-production-network?language=en

Partnerships

To meet the needs of today’s important applications, as well as to pave the way for tomorrow’s, we are constantly developing and improving innovative steel products — all mined, melted and made in America. Here are some of those products:

Energy and Technology Companies

CarbonFree - Carbon Capture Definitive Agreement

Carnegie Foundry

GTI Energy and Department of Energy - ROTA-CAP™ Engineering-Scale Testing of Transformational Carbon Capture Technologies for Industrial Plants

Molten Industries Inc. and U.S. Department of Energy - Carbon-Neutral Steel Production with Methane Pyrolysis Driven Direct Reduced Iron Project

Government Agencies

The U.S. Department of Energy National Energy Technology Laboratory - Testing of Advanced Carbon Capture Membrane Technology

Non-Profits

Allegheny Conference on Community Development Energy Task Force

Association for Iron & Steel Technology

Energy Horizons Cross-Sector Collaborative, convened by Team Pennsylvania, a nonpartisan public-private partnership

Mission Possible Partnership - Net-Zero Steel Initiative

ResponsibleSteelTM

RMI (Rocky Mountain Institute) - Steel Climate-Aligned Finance Working Group

World Steel Association - Sustainability Charter Member

https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/sources-greenhouse-gas-emissions

Universities

Carnegie Mellon University- Center for Iron and Steelmaking Research

Carnegie Mellon University - Frontiers in Steelmaking Project Course

Carnegie Mellon University and U.S. Department of Energy - Scaling Hydrogen-Direct Reduced Iron Pathways to Decarbonize Iron and Steelmaking

Colorado School of Mines - Advanced Steel Processing & Products Research Center and Continuous Casting Center

McMaster University - Steel Research Centre

Missouri University of Science & Technology - Peaslee Steel Manufacturing Research Center

Purdue University Northwest and U.S. Department of Energy - Steel Manufacturing Simulation and Visualization Consortium

Technical University of Košice, Slovakia - Faculty of Materials, Metallurgy and Recycling

University of Illinois and U.S. Department of Energy - Direct Air Capture Design Study

University of Michigan - Global CO2 Initiative at the University of Michigan College of Engineering