NeoSmelt Electric Smelting Furnace Pilot Plant
Sector: Steel • Location: Kwinana, Western Australia, Australia
Source: RenewEconomy
NeoSmelt is a venture to prove that iron ore from Australia's Pilbara mining province can be used to make low carbon steel. The project involves building an electric smelting furnace pilot plant at Kwinana, south of Perth, to validate technology for decarbonising steelmaking using direct reduced iron (DRI) fed into an electric smelting furnace (ESF).
- Status
- Prospective
- Sector
- Steel, Stadium, Commercial, Metal, Government
- Location
- Kwinana, Western Australia, Australia
- Updated
- 22 Jul 2026
- Source
- RenewEconomy
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Original status | Planned |
Taiyo status | Prospective |
Taiyo last update | 2026-07-22 |
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Description | NeoSmelt is a venture to prove that iron ore from Australia's Pilbara mining province can be used to make low carbon steel. The project involves building an electric smelting furnace pilot plant at Kwinana, south of Perth, to validate technology for decarbonising steelmaking using direct reduced iron (DRI) fed into an electric smelting furnace (ESF). |
Original sector | Energy Transition |
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Location
Country | Australia |
State | Western Australia |
City | Kwinana |
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Source | RenewEconomy |
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Record type | Project |
Sector | Steel, Stadium, Commercial, Metal, Government |
Article published date | 2025-06-19 |
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