Electra has a plan to make climate-friendly iron for the steel industry, which is responsible for at least 7 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.
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It’s been centuries since humanity invented the fiery first step behind almost all steelmaking.
The work begins by loading iron ore and processed coal into a blast furnace. Combustion heats the ingredients to temperatures near 1,600 degrees Celsius, creating the molten iron necessary to produce steel, the ubiquitous modern metal found in everything from skyscrapers to automobiles.
