Blogs by worldsteel experts and occasionally by guest bloggers. The blogs cover a wide variety of issues affecting the steel industry. We hope you will find this section useful and look forward to your comments.

26 March 2024

Open Forum 2024

worldsteel's third Open Forum will be held in Brussels, Belgium on 11 - 12 June 2024. Registration is now open.

2 December 2023

Industrial Transition Accelerator launched

Partnership including COP28 Presidency to catalyse decarbonisation across heavy-emitting sectors. ‘[We look forward] to working with its wide range of partners,’ says Åsa Ekdahl, Head, Environment and Climate Change.

1 December 2023

Steel Standards Principles launched at COP28

Industry call for the need for common emissions measurement methodologies to accelerate the transition to near zero.

28 November 2023

The Green Steel Challenge podcast launches with Edwin Basson and Åsa Ekdahl

A brand new podcast, created by The Willy Korf Foundation and Kallanish Commodities, to invite conversation, ignite innovation and accelerate change in the steel industry.

13 July 2023

Blog: Open Forum 2023

Our 2023 Open Forum will take place on 12-13 September and aims to engage with a wide range of stakeholders in the steelmaking ecosystems. Read more about the focus of this year’s discussions.

17 November 2022

Blog: worldsteel’s Open Forum – A climate conversation with the steel industry

Åsa Ekdahl, Head of Environment and Climate Change, shares the highlights from our first Open Forum on climate.

29 September 2022

Blog: Climate - Inaugural worldsteel Open Forum

The focus of the global climate debate has broadened and moved to sectors of the economy other than energy and transport.

Steel coil inspection
28 January 2022

Blog: China’s drive towards a low-carbon future and challenges ahead

worldsteel Deputy Director General Frank Zhong outlines the measures and initiatives put in place in China to lower carbon emissions and what could slow the pace of decarbonisation.