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thyssenkrupp Steel supplies low-CO2 bluemint steel for truck wheels for first time

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thyssenkrupp Steel is supplying low-CO 2 “ bluemint ” steel to its customer Accuride for the production of truck wheels. To improve the carbon footprint of the wheel for the customer Accuride, several parameters in flat steel production have been optimized with regard to sustainability. metric tons, to 0.6 metric tons.

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BMW outlines iFACTORY production strategy; transformation to e-mobility; Plant Debrecen first CO2-free plant

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BMW’s iFACTORY production strategy defines the future orientation of plants and production technologies at the BMW Group and meets the challenges of the transformation to e-mobility. Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, responsible for Production. The strategic vision of the global production network is the BMW iFACTORY.

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Mercedes-Benz blockchain pilot project provides transparency on CO2 emissions in cobalt supply chain

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Together with start-up Circulor , Mercedes-Benz is conducting a pilot project for transparency on CO 2 emissions in the cobalt supply chain as part of STARTUP AUTOBAHN. In addition, the data network documents whether the Daimler sustainability standards are passed on throughout the entire supply chain. Blockchain in the supply chain.

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thyssenkrupp greenlights construction of €2B hydrogen-powered direct reduction plant for low-CO2 steel

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We are firmly convinced of this, and this is also borne out by this investment, which heralds a new era for steel production in the Ruhr region. The DRI must then be melted down into a hot metal-like product so that it can be further processed into high-quality steel. The liquid product is processed into the proven steel grades there.

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Roskill: CO2 emissions from lithium production set to triple by 2025

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With demand for lithium set to increase over the next decade, Roskill has calculated , using its in-house analysis, that CO 2 emissions from lithium production are set to triple by 2025 versus current levels and to grow by a factor of six by 2030, with the vast majority of this coming from mineral concentrate production, shipping and refining.

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Volkswagen investing in climate protection projects to compensate for unavoidable CO2 emissions

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Volkswagen is investing in climate protection projects to compensate for unavoidable CO 2. The first project, Katingan Mentaya , a forest protection project on the Indonesian island of Borneo, compensates for the currently still unavoidable CO 2 emissions from the supply chain, production and delivery of the new Volkswagen e-vehicle ID.3,

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BMW Plant Dingolfing will use locally produced heat from regional biomass to reduce CO2

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The company has signed a supply contract to this effect for just under 100,000 MWh of thermal energy per year with UP Energiewerke GmbH, a joint subsidiary of the public works department Stadtwerke Dingolfing and Bayernwerk Natur. Energy supplies should begin no later than the second quarter of 2025.

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