Transformation
Change as an opportunity: There is no alternative to the consistent, ongoing transformation of industry. For us, it is the course to future viability – and not only impacts on our technologies, but also on our Group as a whole: from structures and processes to collaboration and attitude. Find out how we are shaping the circular economy, decarbonization and the energy transition and thereby taking responsibility for a sustainable and resilient industry.
Close-up: A Child of the Steelworks
From the blast furnace to the DRP: Marvin Brandeis helps shape the future of steel.
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Transformation of steel production: New route, proven quality
How Salzgitter AG's research is actively supporting the transformation to a hydrogen economy and the switch to low-CO₂ steel.
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Close-up: A Child of the Steelworks
From the blast furnace to the DRP: Marvin Brandeis helps shape the future of steel.
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Transformation of steel production: New route, proven quality
How Salzgitter AG's research is actively supporting the transformation to a hydrogen economy and the switch to low-CO₂ steel.
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EU Introduces New Safeguard Measure for the Steel Industry
Quotas down, tariffs up, curbing imports? What the new safeguard measure means for the European steel industry. Our expert Helge Langheim summarizes the key facts.
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Data Overview: Decarbonization of the Steel Industry
Steel is one of the most recycled materials in the world—and continues to set records as a building material. A look at some surprising statistics. And at a medieval hardening method that still fascinates scientists today.
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Hydrogen Supply Agreement: Negotiations in terra incognita
10,000 tons of green hydrogen per year: What sounds like the conclusion of a standard supply agreement actually marked a pioneering achievement involving Salzgitter AG and its partner EWE. How to negotiate a contract without any existing templates – and what this entails for the steel industry.
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WIND POWER: NATIONWIDE JOB ENGINE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH
Study shows that offshore wind power is a key economic factor for the entire country.
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Close-up: Traveling to work on a steel bike
Marc Orenz, Head of Measurement and Control Technology at Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH, commutes twice a week from Braunschweig to Salzgitter by bicycle. He deliberately chose a steel frame for his bike because he is familiar with the advantages of the material.
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CO₂ border adjustment – Driving green change in the steel industry
Since the beginning of 2026, CO₂ taxes have been levied on steel imports into the EU for the first time. Helge Langheim, Head of Foreign Trade Policy, Markets, and Statistics at Salzgitter AG, considers the CBAM to be necessary in creating climate protection incentives, not only for domestic producers but also for international competitors – despite criticism voiced concerning bureaucracy and potential loopholes.
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CBAM: Green steel needs fair rules
Too bureaucratic, too expensive, too protectionist opine the opponents – not consistent enough counter the advocates: Criticism of the CO₂ compensation mechanism CBAM, which has been in place since the beginning of 2026, continues unabated. Find out here why the instrument nevertheless remains indispensable for preventing carbon leakage and driving the decarbonization of industry forward.
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“Pragmatic regulation, not deliberate competitive disadvantages”
Lennart Schümann, an energy strategy and procurement expert at Salzgitter AG, explains what the Group needs on the road to green steelmaking – and how and what policymakers must deliver.
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"You can always do just a little bit better"
Optimizing in-house processes, scaling solutions and listening as closely as possible to customers: How the new "Operational Excellence" unit at subsidiary Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH is driving Salzgitter AG's performance forward.
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On the 1.5 °C pathway
Salzgitter AG is in the midst of the largest transformation in its history: This is how SALCOS® is driving the decarbonization of the steel industry.
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