Steel Times International Issue
December digital only edition 2025

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Leader

By Matthew Moggridge.

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News round-up

The latest global steel news.

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Innovations

New tech, new contracts.

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Opinion

Dr. Sebastian Langendorf, CEO,

Meranti Steel.

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US steel market

A tale of two US steel markets.

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Decarbonisation

From inevitable to inexorable.

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Carbon capture and storage

Europe’s green shift: carbon capture is not the answer.

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Biochar

From fossils to the future.

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Climate crisis

Hyndai’s tainted steel.

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Steel markets

Nippon’s US Steel acquisition.

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Decarbonization

Urgent reform needed.

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Environment

Nickel production - there are urgent ethical issues.

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Decarbonization
Reinventing steelmaking.

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Fusion power
High temperature steels for future
fusion plants.

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Steel processing
Leeco Steel’s transformative shift.

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AI applications
Finding the right fit: AI solutions.

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Decarbonization
Decarbonization and scrap use:
heating up.

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Scrap metal
Five inconvenient truths about scrap.

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Decarbonization
Time to sober up!

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Scrap metal
Rising copper contamination.