Australia’s leading iron ore producers partner with BlueScope on steel decarbonisation

PERTH, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Australia’s two largest iron ore producers and its biggest steelmaker have partnered in their efforts to accelerate the decarbonisation of steelmaking by agreeing to jointly investigate the development of the country’s first ironmaking Electric Smelting Furnace1 (ESF) pilot plant. Under a new framework agreement, Rio Tinto, BHP and BlueScope will consolidate the work each party has completed to date, leveraging both BHP’s and Rio Tinto’s deep knowledge of Pilb