The Brazilian company donated $5.81 million to the laboratory
The Brazilian mining company Vale and China’s Central South University (CSU) in Hunan Province have set up a joint laboratory for low-carbon and hydrogen metallurgy. This is reported by Kallanish.
The laboratory in Changsha focuses on basic and applied research in the field of low-carbon and hydrogen steel technologies. It currently has six main research modules, including iron ore processing and pretreatment, direct reduction, and hydrogen steel industry. The laboratory will operate three main test facilities.
In February 2024, Vale donated $5.81 million to the laboratory. The company has equipped it with more than 100 sets of research equipment, including sintering furnaces, multifunctional high-temperature furnaces and hydrogen reduction furnaces.
Rogério Carneiro, Vale’s director of ferrous metals development and applications, said that the creation of the…
