Stegra, whose green steel plant is under construction in the Swedish Boden, has entrusted the Finnish company with receiving & managing scrap in the Port of Umeå and with steel coil exports through the seaport in Skellefteå.
"The Port of Skellefteå has for some time been working on an ambitious development plan that aligns well with an industrial investment such as Stegra. We value the customer-oriented and solution-driven commercial dialogue with the port in Skellefteå and the operator Rauanheimo, which has quickly led to this agreement securing the export of our steel products from Boden during the first years," commented Jenny Marin, Head of Logistics at Stegra.
Rauanheimo's CEO, Tero Kosonen, also underscored, "We are very enthusiastic about the opportunity to expand our operations to Sweden. The agreement with Stegra is a historic milestone for us and an important step in our internationalization. We want to thank Stegra for the trust and the opportunity to be part of building the steel industry of the future. We look forward to collaborating with Stegra and the ports of Skellefteå and Umeå."
Stegra's 270-hectare-big facility in Boden - said to be Europe's first greenfield steel mill in 50 years - is expected to start production in 2026.
"We will do things differently and produce green steel in a fully integrated production process, using end-to-end digitalization, electricity from renewable sources, and green hydrogen [from a 700-megawatt plant next to the mill]. By replacing coal with green hydrogen and electrifying the steelmaking process, we will be able to cut CO2 emissions by up to 95% compared to traditional steelmaking. Moving forward, we will continue to reduce emissions even more - getting closer and closer to zero - year by year," reads Stegra's website.
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