DRI-EAF Economics for Indian Steel: The Natural Gas Bridge to Hydrogen and What the Numbers Actually Say | Reclimatize.in

Direct Reduced Iron produced with natural gas and melted in an Electric Arc Furnace reduces Scope 1 emission intensity to approximately 0.8–1.4 tCO₂/t crude steel — against India’s BF-BOF average of 2.5–2.8 tCO₂/t. This 60–70% reduction in CBAM-relevant Scope 1 emissions changes the EU market economics entirely. The pathway from natural gas DRI to hydrogen DRI is technically straightforward and commercially progressing through the SIGHT programme. This article maps the full cost and carbon arithmetic.

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Scrap-EAF vs BF-BOF: The Reline-Retire-Retool Decision Every Indian Steel CFO Must Make | Reclimatize.in

India’s blast furnace fleet has an average age exceeding 20 years. Every blast furnace reaching the end of its campaign faces a three-way decision: reline at Rs 800–1,200 crore and run for another 12–15 years of BF-BOF production, retire without replacement, or retool toward an EAF-based steelmaking route. At current CBAM costs, coking coal prices, and CCTS GEI trajectories, the financial arithmetic of this decision has shifted materially since 2022. This article maps the full cost comparison.

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India’s Green Steel Taxonomy: What Gazette Notification 763E Requires and How Producers Qualify | Reclimatize.in

India’s Green Steel Taxonomy notified under Gazette Notification 763E establishes four emission intensity thresholds that define what counts as green steel in Indian policy and procurement. The taxonomy sets the framework for the BIS green steel certification standard, the government’s green procurement mandate, and the eventual linkage to green bond eligibility under India’s sovereign green bond framework. This analysis maps the four tiers, the measurement methodology, and what steel producers need to do to qualify.

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