As part of the Industrial Decarbonization Analysis, Benchmarking, and Action (INDABA) Partnership's recent study tour, our team visited HyIron, a hydrogen-based direct reduced iron (DRI) project located in the Namib Desert. Under a cloudless sky by day and the southern stars by night, HyIron offered a glimpse of what a different geography of ironmaking could look like—one built around renewable resources, modular design, and distributed production systems. The facility is rem

Exactly two weeks ago, an international and interdisciplinary team from the Industrial Decarbonization Analysis, Benchmarking, and Action (INDABA) Partnership kicked off a study tour to South Africa and Namibia to learn from iron and steel producers advancing decarbonization against the backdrop of a rapidly changing global economic and policy landscape. We learned a tremendous amount from the sites we visited and from one another. Over the coming weeks, we are excited to sha

The Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation hosted a research workshop on Accelerating Green Steel at Carnegie Mellon University. The workshop gathered experts on iron and steelmaking from around the globe on September 4-5, 2025. The workshop was co-hosted by the Center for Iron and Steelmaking Research (CISR), with support from the Industrial Decarbonization Analysis, Benchmarking, and Action Partnership, funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation. The workshop b

The outcomes of the 2025 CMU Accelerating Green Steel Workshop, co-hosted on campus from September 4-5, 2025 by the Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation and the Center for Iron and Steelmaking Research, are discussed in this CMU news article by Scott Institute Communications Manager, Giordana Verrengia, published November 13, 2025. Read the story here.