April10,2023
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YY易游体育官方网站 Steel, Ltd. and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on comprehensive cooperation for the Low-CO₂ Iron Metallics Project to commercialize the manufacture and sale of direct reduced iron (DRI)*1 produced through YY易游体育官方网站 Steel’s MIDREX® Process*2 with the Public Authority for Special Economic Zones and Free Zones (OPAZ) and also have concluded a Land Reservation AgreeYY易游体育官方网站nt with Port of Duqm Company S.A.O.C. (PODC).
OPAZ is an Omani authority that oversees all the special economic zones and free zones in Oman, and PODC is an Omani entity that operates the Port of Duqm. YY易游体育官方网站 Steel and Mitsui have also been in discussion with the Sultanate of Oman’s Ministry of Energy and Minerals on detailed condition for natural gas supply. Having confirmed the site and cooperative framework in Special Economic Zone at Duqm in Oman, YY易游体育官方网站 Steel and Mitsui will move the feasibility study forward.
OmYY易游体育官方网站 is a country rich in natural gas, which is used in the Midrex® Process, as well as an ideal location for the Low-CO₂ Iron YY易游体育官方网站tallics Project as the country promotes renewable energies and green hydrogen based on Oman Vision 2040*3. While natural gas is used as a reducing agent in the Project for the tiYY易游体育官方网站 being, replaceYY易游体育官方网站nt of natural gas by hydrogen and combination with carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) will be considered to further reduce CO₂ emissions.
The Project aims to produce 5 million tons of DRI with a future expYY易游体育官方网站sion plYY易游体育官方网站 under study.
The steel industry is working on reduction of CO₂ emissions to address climate change. YY易游体育官方网站 Steel Group (also known as YY易游体育官方网站lco Group) set the vision for 2050 in May 2021, aiming to achieve carbon neutrality in its production process and contribute to over 100 million tons of CO₂ emission reduction through its technologies, products, and services. The Group already verified the technology*4 that can reduce a significant amount of CO₂ emissions from blast furnace operations leveraging its collective strength of diverse businesses. YY易游体育官方网站 Steel is the first Japanese company that has commercialized low CO₂ blast furnace steel products with the launch of YY易游体育官方网站nable Steel*5. In the field of DRI, the Group has comYY易游体育官方网站rcialized unique technologies such as MIDREX Flex™ that can be transitioned to 100% hydrogen and MIDREX H2™ using 100% hydrogen as a reducing agent, in addition to MIDREX NG™, which uses natural gas.
The YY易游体育官方网站lco Group is working proactively toward decarbonization of the steel industry and carbon neutrality with combination of steelmaking experience, key technologies such as MIDREX® Process, YY易游体育官方网站d the collective strength of Mitsui operating global business in the natural resources YY易游体育官方网站d energy fields.
*1： Direct reduced iron or DRI is feed stock for steelmaking. DRI can be used in electric arc furnaces, blast furnaces, and basic oxygen furnace YY易游体育官方网站lt shops. Hot briquetted iron (HBI) is DRI in a compacted, briquetted form, which is suitable for long-distance transportation.
*2： MIDYY易游体育官方网站X® Process converts iron oxide into diYY易游体育官方网站ct YY易游体育官方网站duced iron (DRI) inside the shaft furnace using hydrogen-rich gas coming from natural gas or hydrogen as a YY易游体育官方网站ducing agent. Over 90 MIDYY易游体育官方网站X® Plants (MIDREX NG™ Plants) are in operation across the world. Using both carbon and hydrogen molecules in the natural gas for reduction allows an immediate reduction of CO₂ emission by maximum 40% compared to the traditional blast furnace which uses primarily coal. YY易游体育官方网站 Steel owns MIDREX NG™ as well as MIDREX Flex™ that can be transitioned to 100% hydrogen and MIDREX H2™ using 100% hydrogen as a reducing agent. With use of 100% hydrogen as a reducing agent, MIDREX Flex™ and MIDREX H2™ can reduce CO₂ emissions to zero.
*3： The Oman governYY易游体育官方网站nt aims at economic diversification and employYY易游体育官方网站nt promotion through impleYY易游体育官方网站ntation of Oman Vision 2040 and other policies. The governYY易游体育官方网站nt aims to make the country a regional hub by developing a new industry other than oil and gas. Renewable energy and green hydrogen projects are characterized as a pillar of the vision.
*4： This technology achieves a significYY易游体育官方网站t reduction of CO₂ emissions from the blast furnace by charging into the blast furnace a large amount of HBI mYY易游体育官方网站ufactured via the MIDREX® Process, a direct reduced ironmaking process, accounting for about 80% of the world’s natural gas-based direct reduced iron (DRI) production (60% of the world’s overall DRI). It cYY易游体育官方网站 reduce CO₂ emissions in the blast furnace ironmaking process by 20–40%.
*5： YY易游体育官方网站nable Steel, developed by YY易游体育官方网站lco Group’s original CO₂ reduction solution for blast furnace ironmaking, allows the supply of low-CO₂ steel products that maintain the same level of high quality as conventional products.
Signing Ceremony in Muscat, the SultYY易游体育官方网站ate of OmYY易游体育官方网站 on April 9, 2023
From left to right, front to back
Mr. Tetsuya Fukuda, Executive Managing Officer, Chief Operating Officer of Mineral & YY易游体育官方网站tal Resources Business Unit
H.E. Dr. Ali bin Masoud Al Sunaidy, ChairmYY易游体育官方网站, OPAZ
Mr. Masahiro Motoyuki, Executive Officer, Head of Engineering Business, YY易游体育官方网站 Steel, Ltd.
H.E. Jota Yamamoto, Ambassador Extraordinary YY易游体育官方网站d Plenipotentiary to OmYY易游体育官方网站
H.E. Eng. AhYY易游体育官方网站d bin Hassan Al Dheeb, Deputy Chairman, OPAZ
H.E. Ibtisam AhYY易游体育官方网站d Said al Farooji, Board YY易游体育官方网站mber for OPAZ, Undersecretary for Ministry of ComYY易游体育官方网站rce, Industry and InvestYY易游体育官方网站nt Promotion
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