TOKYO -- Nippon Steel is edging forward in its multiyear effort to decarbonize steel production, as the industry's global race to develop green, hydrogen-based technology intensifies.
Japan's top steelmaker aims to commercialize low-carbon production by 2040
Nippon Steel is testing a steelmaking method that cuts carbon emissions by using hydrogen at an experimental blast furnace in Kimitsu, Chiba prefecture. (Photo by Sayumi Take)
TOKYO -- Nippon Steel is edging forward in its multiyear effort to decarbonize steel production, as the industry's global race to develop green, hydrogen-based technology intensifies.