CELSA Group has launched the HYMET project that aims to study new technologies applicable in the steel industry for the revaluation of by-products of the process itself and decarbonization using renewable raw material, like H₂.

The HYMET project has an estimated total budget of €5.8 MM and has been supported by the Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnológico Industrial (CDTI) through the MISIONES call and has a grant of €3.9 MM. CELSA Group’s investment is of about €2 MM and the company receives a grant of €1.2 MM from the CDTI.

HYMET proposes the study and technological maturation of innovative solutions in three vectors of the future for decarbonization and industrial circularity such as: the recovery of industrial waste (husk that is produced in rolling mills, mainly) through an innovative reduction reactor that uses renewable reducing agents;  the generation of green H₂ through high efficiency electrolysis technologies and finally, the study of CO₂ capture and its integration again through electrolysis technologies for the generation of synthesis gas.

CELSA Group’s objectives: to be 100% circular and net positive

CELSA Group’s strategic objectives are to achieve complete circularity in the next five years and become a Net Positive company by 2040, ten years ahead of the European Union’s decarbonization forecasts.  For this reason, for the circular steel production company, which currently generates around 70,000 tons/year of various by-products in its production process in Spain, of which about 90% are valued, HYMET opens a potential way towards its objectives in the medium and long term.

After a first phase of study and technological maturation, CELSA Group will continue to invest efforts until the industrial deployment of the results obtained with this project.