22 May 2023

NZ Steel electric arc furnace will save 80k tonnes of CO2

From Morning Report, 8:10 am on 22 May 2023
Chris Hipkins, Megan Woods and James Shaw at NZ Steel at Glenbrook

Photo: RNZ / Finn Blackwell

New Zealand Steel says its $300 million electric arc furnace will be built in the next three years, replacing two of its four coal fuelled kilns, making the plant far cleaner than it is currently.

The company says that'll save 800,000 tonnes of carbon from day one of the furnace lighting up in 2027 .

NZ Steel chief executive Robin Davies spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.