Swedish steel maker SSAB will invest 6.2 billion crowns ($611 million) in an electric arc furnace and raw material handling at its Oxelosund mill to slash greenhouse gas emissions, it said on Friday.
New Zealand's Contact Energy (CEN.NZ) said on Sunday it had negotiated to provide 30 megawatts of renewable-generated power to NZ Steel's operations near Auckland, in a move that would cut 800,000 tonnes of carbon emissions.
(This story is part of a series, "The Bat Lands." Refile adds a reporting credit.) By Ryan McNeill, Helen Reid, Allison Martell, Cooper Inveen, Deborah J. Nelson, Matthew Green and Michael Ovaska
Spanish steelmaker Acerinox said on Thursday it returned to profit in the first quarter thanks to its business in the U.S. where steel demand has increased.