LIBERTY Steel Group plans to invest in the LIBERTY Galati GREENSTEEL transformation programme over the next eight years. The key element of that programme is installation of two electric arc furnaces, a DRI plant and an integrated MI.DA minimill – with the potential to increase the production up to 4 MTPA.

The new furnaces are expected to reduce CO2 emissions per tonne of steel by around 80%, and – once the plant has transitioned to using green Hydrogen – the carbon emissions will be virtually zero.

To maximise the plant’s consumption of renewable power and reduce overall electricity consumption, LIBERTY Galati will install a 180MW solar park and 20MW wind park, developed under SIMEC brand. The transformation programme will be supported by the GREENSTEEL Academy and the GFG Foundation which is already running a range of programmes with Romanian universities and colleges aimed at educating the young generation and developing the local communities.