one supply chain
Steel producers, plant builders, logistics providers, RTOs and universities from seven European countries.
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the project
Project milestones, research updates and events — plus publications and public deliverables as they are released.
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for low-CO2 steel
An EU Horizon Europe project turning scrap, residues and by-products into high-quality steel.
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Low carbon and circular valorization of secondary materials in electric furnaces, coordinated by K1-MET.
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with the team
Coordinated by K1-MET GmbH in Leoben, Austria.
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Closing the loop for low-CO2 steel.
CircSmeltSteel develops, validates and scales two low-CO₂ electric melting routes — the Electric Smelting Furnace and the Electric Arc Furnace — that valorize metallurgical by-products as secondary raw materials for high-quality steelmaking.
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From residue to high-quality steel
Three levers for a circular steel industry
By-product valorization
Blast furnace dust, BOF and EAF residues, process sludge and desulfurization slag become secondary feedstock — with by-product shares of up to 50% in the ESF and 20% in the EAF.
Electric smelting
Two electric melting routes — ESF and EAF — combined with bio-based carbon carriers replace the CO₂-intensive blast furnace route, demonstrated at pilot and industrial scale.
Digital process intelligence
CFD models and reduced-order models drive Level-2 automation in hot rolling and annealing; all data and models flow into a FAIR-compliant digital platform for the steel research community.
This project is funded under the European Union’s Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme under the Clean Steel Partnership (Grant Agreement No. 101294187). Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Commission. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
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