Italy’s Danieli reports that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Emirates Steel Arkan for a carbon reduction project for its plant in Abu Dhabi.

A press release said that Emirates Steel Arkan wants to advance further toward carbon footprint reduction and is studying the possibility of installing an e-PGH (electrical Process Gas Heater) at the DRI plant. The company operates two low-emission minimills for long products that include wire rod using Energiron DRI technology and Hytemp pneumatic charging for hot DRI up to 600°C into the EAF.

The MoU was signed by Saeed Alghafri, CEO of Emirates Steel Arkan, and Rolando Paolone, CEO and CTO of Danieli, who met at Danieli’s headquarters in Italy. “This partnership marks a significant step forward in our commitment to innovation and technological excellence,” Alghafri said.

Emirates Steel Arkan is the UAE’s largest steel and building materials manufacturer. It is a leading wire rod producer in the GCC, with annual capacity of 550,000 mt at its high-speed wire rod mill that can produce 110 m of carbon steel wire rod per second.