ArcelorMittal and John Cockerill announce plans to develop world’s first industrial scale low temperature, iron electrolysis plant
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Wednesday, June 14, 2023
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ArcelorMittal, the world’s leading steel company, and John Cockerill, a group leading the development of steel processing facilities and electrolysers, today announce plans to construct the world’s first industrial-scale low temperature, iron electrolysis plant.
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- ArcelorMittal, the world’s leading steel company, and John Cockerill, a group leading the development of steel processing facilities and electrolysers, today announce plans to construct the world’s first industrial-scale low temperature, iron electrolysis plant.
- ArcelorMittal and John Cockerill have been working together on an innovative electrochemical process to transform iron oxide into iron plates for the last few years.
- This next phase of the project will be carried forward as an exclusive partnership between ArcelorMittal and John Cockerill.
- Volteron™ is a carbon free, cold direct electrolysis process that extracts iron from iron ore using electricity.