Smart money is backing green steel - it is time for steelmakers to get on board

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Steelmakers in Asia have a chance to use the transition to green steel as a means of catalysing development, writes Climate Catalyst's Emily Hickson

Steel is totally integral to our economy and infrastructure. We need it to build cars, buildings, wind turbines and bridges. And yet, steel production currently accounts for around one tenth of all global...

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