K-Tec to build ‘first’ earth scrapers with fossil-free steel
06 June 2024
Canada-based OEM K-Tec, part of the K.A. Group, said it’s to become the first company to pilot Swedish steel firm SSAB’s Fossil-free steel for a fleet of earthmoving machines.
The SSAB steel product, K-Tec said, uses a process that replaces coal with hydrogen and electricity in steelmaking.
A joint venture between SSAB, Finland-based iron ore producer LKAB, and Swedish energy firm Vattenfall, the resulting product is a steel that the JV said produces “virtually zero carbon dioxide emissions”. The…
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