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Blog: Low-carbon development at HBIS
Like other steel producers around the world, HBIS recognises that the steel industry’s contributions to climate change are under scrutiny. worldsteel and HBIS Chairman YU Yong outlines HBIS' plans for low-carbon development.

Steel Safety Day 2021
Today is Steel Safety Day. Steel Safety Day was set up to reinforce awareness of the five most common causes of safety incidents. This year we are focusing on preventing incidents resulting from moving machinery.

What we mean when we talk about low-carbon steel
Where are the lines drawn between the expressions net-zero steel, zero-carbon steel, green steel and low-carbon steel? Here we clarify what we mean when using these terms.

January 2021 crude steel production data
World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to worldsteel was 162.9 million tonnes (Mt) in January 2021, a 4.8% increase compared to January 2020.

New year message from the Director General
worldsteel Director General Edwin Basson reflects on 2020 and discusses the priorities for 2021 and the years to come.

Accelerating decarbonisation
worldsteel advocates the need for a three-track parallel approach to accelerate decarbonisation. In his blog, Andrew Purvis, worldsteel Director, Safety, Technology and Environment, discusses what this involves.

Potential impact of COVID-19 on steel industry trends
worldsteel Head of Strategic Initiatives and Raw Materials discusses four potential consequences of the accelerated focus on climate and technology for the steel industry.

Steel Safety Day and the COVID-19 pandemic
Rightly managing COVID-19 has been getting a lot of attention in all our mills, but we need to remind ourselves constantly that all the 'conventional' safety and health risks are still there.

Climate - How the steel industry is coping with water scarcity
Water is vital to make steel. worldsteel Head of Environment and Climate Change, Åsa Ekdhal, discusses how the steel industry is managing water use.