Some of the UK’s biggest users of steel have called on the Labour government to support the sector’s net zero transition by providing a “clear and coherent” industrial strategy that can unlock investment in new low carbon steel production.

Members of Climate Group’s SteelZero initiatives have this week backed a joint letter to Minister of State for Industry and Decarbonisation Sarah Jones, offering to help prioritise action that can support the development of domestic green steel production capacity.

Comprising over 40 global leading businesses, including Volvo, Orsted, Maersk, Lendlease, Ramboll, and Barrett Steel, the SteelZero group hopes to build a market for net zero emission steel by making a public commitment to use 50 per cent low emission steel by 2030, as part of a pathway to achieving net zero emission steel by 2050.

The letter’s signatories have called on the new government to prioritise the rapid deployment of green

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