SSAB and Smith Stål in cooperation on fossil-free steel
SSAB and Smith Stål from Norway have signed a letter of intent involving future deliveries of fossil-free steel. Together they are building a strong value chain for their Norwegian customers.
Smith Stål is a leading stockist and nationwide distributor in Norway of value-added steels and metals including its own Steel Service Center. The company provides a complete stock of plates, beams, hollow sections, pipes and bars.
“It is a great pleasure for our company that we in the future can deliver SSAB’s fossil-free steel to our customers in Norway. Being top 3 among Norwegian steel distributors, we feel a great demand on us when delivering to industry, building and offshore segment,” says Eirik Berg, Director at Smith Stål.
Traditional steel production represents a significant source of global CO2 emissions. By changing the way steel is produced, SSAB wants to cut emissions and create a fossil-free value chain with customers and partners.
SSAB has created two unique steels with virtually zero fossil carbon emissions: SSAB Zero™ and SSAB Fossil-free™ steel. SSAB ZeroTM is made from recycled steel and produced with fossil-free electricity and biogas and is available for commercial deliveries since 2023. SSAB Fossil-free™ steel is made from iron ore with the unique HYBRIT® technology, developed by SSAB with mining company LKAB and energy company Vattenfall. Instead of using coal to remove the oxygen from the iron ore to make iron, the HYBRIT® technology uses hydrogen produced with fossil-free electricity, thus emitting water instead of CO2. SSAB Fossil-free™ steel is currently available for pilot deliveries to selected partners.
“I am happy to welcome Smith Stål as a fossil-free steel partner, adding another distribution partner to our very important Norwegian market,” says Matts Nilsson, Head of Sales Sweden and Norway. “Together we are building a strong value chain for our Norwegian customers.”
For more information, please contact:
Anna Molin, press officer, SSAB, anna.molin@ssab.com, tel: +46 76 110 46 76
Eirik Berg, Director avd. Smith Stål, eirik.berg@smith.no, tel: +47 480 49 94 00,
SSAB is a Nordic and US-based steel company that builds a stronger, lighter and more sustainable world through value added steel products and services. Working with our partners, SSAB has developed SSAB Fossil-free™ steel and plans to reinvent the value chain from the mine to the end customer, largely eliminating carbon dioxide emissions from our own operations. SSAB Zero™, a largely carbon emission-free steel based on recycled steel, further strengthens SSAB’s leadership position and our comprehensive, sustainable offering independent of the raw material. SSAB has employees in over 50 countries and production facilities in Sweden, Finland and the US.
Smith Stål is fully owned by E. A. Smith that have been in business since 1869. From trading in hardware, oil, cement and forging coal, we are today Norway's only complete supplier of steel, metal,
