Meagan Franklin (ILF2014)
@AuManufacturing
The Executive Chairman of steelmaker GFG Alliance Sanjeev Gupta has urged Australia to forgo the export of green hydrogen in favour of making green iron and steel onshore.
The owner of the Whyalla steelworks and distributor Infrabuild told the Australian Hydrogen Conference in Brisbane that Australia had a generational opportunity to lead the global race to produce high value green iron and steel from hydrogen.
Gupta said: “The real cost of hydrogen stems from its stubborn desire to stay put – you can’t move it…not really. “Shipping a product made from hydrogen is much easier than shipping hydrogen.