Most of WA's iron ore is processed overseas, producing huge amounts of carbon emissions, but a new project aims to turn it into "green steel" in Perth. Here's what experts say about its feasibility.
  • Aussiemandeus
    4·
    2 hours ago

    No no no, export it cheaply, then buy it back at a premium.

    Don’t ruin the elites good thing

    • Oneser@lemm.ee
      3·
      48 minutes ago

      We had a long run of very good relations with China and, due to their sheer capacity for steel production, we could never compete on price.

      But when you throw in almost free electricity to the mix (with current solar prices) and geopolitical concerns, maybe this makes more sense now.

  • Gorgritch_Umie_KillaOPM
    2·
    2 hours ago

    So this could be a good project.

    I think the key to it being lower carbon emissions will be if there is a regime of thorough and ongoing leakage assessment.

    If this isn’t done, you can forget about it being lower emissions. They have a significant leak and the Methane will be more damaging than the co2 would have been.