Bertrand Orsal-Reams has been appointed to the position of head of digitalization at sustainable iron and steel company, GravitHy.
Bertrand previously held the position of head of metals and minerals at French software company Dassault Systèmes, and prior to this, worked as a research and development senior consultant at ArcelorMittal for over a decade.
GravitHy, founded in 2022, holds ambitious plans to build the first green iron plant in France in a multi-billion-euro project. The flagship plant is to be located in Fos-sur-Mer, in the south of France, and is planned for commission in 2028.
GravitHy aims to produce 2Mt of Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) per year for use either on-site as a feedstock for green steel or for global trade under the form of Hot-Briquetted Iron (HBI).
The company has recently entered into agreements with mining companies Vale and Rio Tinto to secure the supply of briquettes and DR-grade pellets.