Team News Riveting
Jamshedpur, March 17
Tata Steel has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB) to collaborate on the development of low-carbon steelmaking technologies, reinforcing the Company’s commitment to advancing sustainable steel production.
As part of the MoU, the research teams from Tata Steel, Tata Steel Research and Innovation Limited and USTB will jointly undertake research across four broad themes addressing low-carbon steelmaking: scrap-based steelmaking, steel waste valorisation, end-product performance, and carbon capture & utilisation technologies.
The collaboration will leverage USTB’s academic expertise along with its experimental and pilot-scale facilities, enabling promising technologies to be tested, piloted and potentially scaled up for industrial application. For Tata Steel, it reinforces a long-standing commitment to innovation-led decarbonisation and the belief that collaboration across borders is essential to building a low-carbon future for heavy industries worldwide.
Commenting on the partnership, Subodh Pandey, Vice President – Technology, R&D, NMB and Graphene, Tata Steel, said: “Low carbon steelmaking and associated product development for our customers is the need of the hour. At Tata Steel, we are actively driving the global transition to low-carbon steelmaking, and innovation is at the core of this journey. Through our collaboration with USTB, we aim to unlock potential ideas and co‑create technologies that will advance our sustainability goals and contribute to a cleaner, more efficient future for the steel industry.”
Prof. Shuqiang Jiao, Vice President of USTB, said: “USTB and Tata Steel have maintained a long-standing partnership built on years of productive collaboration. This new initiative further strengthens their close ties and shared commitment to innovation. By combining USTB’s expertise in metallurgy and materials science with Tata Steel’s industrial strengths, the two sides will accelerate the engineering validation and industrial application of research outcomes.”
Academician Xinping Mao said, “The green transformation of the steel industry is a major challenge faced by the global steel sector and a critical step toward carbon neutrality. USTB has conducted long-term research in areas including low-carbon emissions metallurgical technologies, circular steel development, carbon capture and utilisation, etc. The partnership between Tata Steel and USTB will advance low-carbon steel production technologies and contribute to the green and sustainable development of the global steel industry.”
