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SSAB AB is a Nordic steel company headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. It develops and manufactures advanced high-strength steels, quenched and tempered plate, strip, and tubular products. The group operates through SSAB Special Steels, SSAB Europe, and SSAB Americas, with major production sites in Sweden (Luleå, Borlänge, Oxelösund), Finland (Raahe, Hämeenlinna), and the United States (notably Montpelier, Iowa, and Mobile, Alabama). SSAB expanded its footprint through the 2014 combination with Finland’s Rautaruukki, and serves customers worldwide via a broad distribution and service network.
SSAB’s portfolio includes well-known brands such as Hardox wear plate, Strenx high-strength structural steel, Docol for automotive applications, and GreenCoat color-coated steels for building applications. Its materials are used in sectors including automotive, construction, heavy transport, mining, lifting, and energy. The company is pursuing significant decarbonization, including participation in the HYBRIT initiative with partners to develop hydrogen-based, fossil-free ironmaking, and a transition from blast furnaces toward lower-emission technologies. SSAB Americas primarily uses electric arc furnaces with scrap-based inputs, aiming for comparatively lower CO2 intensity in plate production.
chemXplore tracks 2 projects involving SSAB, of which one is active.
Besides this one, the record holds 1 completed project.
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Luleå industrial park will recover phosphorus and rare earths from iron ore output to bolster European supply security; demo plant starts soon and ~500 jobs expected.
Stable production and deliveries but lower sales and operating profit due to USD hedging losses and higher energy, maintenance and urban transformation costs; two key permits granted.
Methane cracking to supply low‑carbon hydrogen and solid carbon for EAF-based steelmaking; three‑year research project starts June 2026 with university and industry partners.
Grant supports integrating RDH electric heating across blast furnaces, reheating, hot-stoves, DRI and hydrogen-based steelmaking; builds on commercial cement deployment.
Court allows continued and expanded mining and processing in Malmberget, including a demo fossil-free sponge iron plant and an apatite processing line for Luleå supply.
At Juliusburg/Krukow 80 MWp solar park, low-emission steel made from nearly 100% scrap cuts substructure CO₂ by 67% (460→153 t), reducing construction supply‑chain emissions.
The pilot project confirms the technical and economic viability of storing fossil-free hydrogen for industrial use, reducing hydrogen production costs by up to 40%.
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