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FerroSilva - fossil-free virgin steel from iron ore and biogenic reduction gas

FerroSilva

The aim of FerroSilva project is to provide the Swedish Special Steel Industry with fossil free sponge iron (DRI) made from iron ore and syngas of biogenic origin. The project consortium is consisting of:

  • Project management
    • M3 Advice
    • Kobolde & Partners AB
  • Industrial consortium
    • Ovako Group
    • Sandvik Materials Technology
    • Uddeholm
    • Sveaskog
    • Lantmännen
  • Research bodies
    • Royal Institute of Technology
    • Chalmers University of Technology

Funding agency

Swedish Energy Agency (Energimyndigheten)

Beginning and End Dates

The feasibility study is during the period April 2021 to September 2022

Contact person

Peter Samuelsson
Peter Samuelsson researcher petersam@kth.se Profile

Other information

The idea has won KTH Innovation Challenge: Going Climate Neutral at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in January, 2020. This year, the Swedish Energy Agency has granted the project part-financing of a feasibility study within the framework of Industriklivet. The study will clarify the possibilities of solving the Swedish special steel industry's need for high-quality iron raw material when the global demand for scrap increases.

More information is available on following homepages:

FerroSilva homepage: www.ferrosilva.com/

FerroSilva homepage (Linkedin): www.linkedin.com/company/72379155/admin/

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