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.

29 March 2022

Interceptor solar-powered automated boat is cleaning polluted rivers

The Ocean Cleanup’s Interceptor is a steel-built, automated river-cleaning catamaran that scoops up plastic waste, collecting it for recycling.

steel solar panels
29 October 2021

World’s largest solar power plant delivers 24-hour energy

Noor power station in Morocco is the largest concentrated solar power plant on the planet.

A POSCO Triton block being loaded for installation
3 August 2021

Innovative use of co-products supports marine regeneration

Artificial reefs made of steel slag have been used to create sea forests off the coast of South Korea.

2 July 2021

Light steel framing expands Africa’s largest hospital in record time

A new Covid-19 facility has been built in just eight months in Soweto, South Africa, by using innovative building technologies.

18 June 2021

Inflatable steel furniture paves way for even lighter infrastructure

A Polish and Swiss design team have perfected a method of creating inflatable steel furniture which could revolutionise the wind energy and construction sectors.

Deep Storage
20 April 2021

Stainless steel sculpture will store DNA for 10,000 years

A Danish artist has worked with a team of engineers to create a unique, steel-built, free-standing sculpture that acts as a time capsule.