Australia's main iron ore exports may not work with green steelmaking. Here's what we must do to prepare
- Written by: Tessa Leach, Senior Analyst at Climateworks, Monash University
ShutterstockMaking steel was responsible for about 7% of global greenhouse gas emissions in 2020. That’s because steelmakers in countries like China, Japan and South Korea have long relied on fossil fuels like coal to make steel in blast furnaces.
But change is coming, as the world works to decarbonise. Researchers and steelmakers are...