One of the World’s Largest Industrial Decarbonization Projects gets underway – thyssenkrupp Steel Awards Contract to SMS group for a Direct Reduction Plant

Metix (SMS group) would like to thank thyssenkrupp Steel for the recent award to SMS group GmbH group for the engineering, delivery and construction (EPC) of the worlds first hydrogen-powered direct reduction plant at their Duisburg location. This marks the start to one of the biggest industrial decarbonization projects worldwide, which will avoid more than 3.5 million metric tons of CO2 per year in the future. The plant will have a capacity of 2.5 million metric tons of directly reduced iron (DRI), and is scheduled for completion by the end of 2026.

As a first of its kind, this project will pioneer the way forward to a more responsible and greener future.

Some key highlights:
1. World’s largest industrial decarbonization projects gets underway with an order volume for SMS alone of over € 1.8 billion.
2. Ground-breaking concept: Midrex Technologies, Inc.’s trusted direct reduction technology combined with two revolutionary rectangular Metix open bath furnaces (OBF), SMS group’s innovative dry-gas cleaning solution, and Paul Wurth industry leading INBA slag granulation system.