China sets its first renewable standards for steel, cement and polysilicon

4 xbmcuser 2 8/10/2025, 9:40:31 AM reuters.com ↗

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westurner · 33m ago
What a good idea!

> Newly built data centres in so-called national hub nodes must use at least 80% green electricity, while targets for the other industries vary by province.

westurner · 29m ago
FWIU aluminum waste can feed into steel production; (would be) waste outputs can be inputs to other processes.

For example "red mud" is a waste output of aluminum production.

"Green steel from red mud through climate-neutral hydrogen plasma reduction" (2024) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06901-z