To serve China's dual carbon goals, "greening the process" has become a crucial issue facing the high-quality development of the steel industry.

Last year, the region supplied 306 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity to outside the region, equivalent to the annual output of three Three Gorges Dam, she added.

The projected rise in emissions underscores a critical gap in current sustainability efforts.

It was not possible to obtain a reply from Cleveland-Cliffs to requests for comment by the time of publication.

CAIRO, April 10 -- China's Xinxing Ductile Iron Pipes Co., Ltd. (Xinxing Pipes) has signed a land lease contract with Egypt-TEDA SEZone Development Company to build a new factory in the China-Egypt TEDA Suez Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone.

With advanced technology, a solid industrial foundation, capable talent and favorable policies, steel enterprises in Changzhou, East China's Jiangsu province, are quickly marching toward a smarter and greener stage.

Their remarks came after the State Council recently announced an action plan for energy conservation and carbon reduction for 2024-25. It relaxed requirements on new energy utilization in resource-rich areas from 95 percent to 90 percent.

Mining giant Rio Tinto has announced a $143-million investment to establish a research and development (R&D) facility in Western Australia to test the effectiveness of its low-carbon ironmaking process, BioIron.