Green steel: Merz: Germany needs its own steel production
The Chancellor is showing himself to be a motivator. In Saarland, one can see that industry will also have a chance in the future.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has stated that Germany needs its own steel industry to remain an industrial nation and maintain its prosperity. During a visit to the Dillinger Hütte in Dillingen, Saarland, Merz saw the conversion of the Saar steel industry to produce climate-friendly green steel using hydrogen instead of coal, a project worth almost five billion euros.
He expressed confidence that Germany can modernize its basic industries to be competitive and climate-friendly. Merz also praised the involvement of the Saar steel holding company in a German start-up, Y-SIC, which has developed a patented process for producing high-purity silicon carbide, a critical material for the semiconductor industry.
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