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THE GREEN STEEL CHALLENGE PODCAST
A trailblazing podcast, created by The Willy Korf Foundation and Kallanish Commodities, to invite conversation, ignite innovation and accelerate change in the steel industry.
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ABOUT THE PODCAST
The Green Steel Challenge
The Green Steel Challenge podcast aims to invite a conversation, ignite innovation and accelerate change within and around the steel industry, contributing significantly to the decarbonisation of this crucial material.
Building on the success of our first season, we’re thrilled to launch Season 2, featuring not only steel industry leaders but also influential voices from across the entire supply chain. This season, we’ll continue to dive deeper into the innovations shaping a sustainable future for the sector.
Steel, a fundamental component in everything from buildings and washing machines to wind turbines and electric vehicles, is pivotal for our transition to a carbon-neutral, circular economy.
However, the steel industry is responsible for approximately 7% of global carbon emissions. Just over half of the major steel companies worldwide have committed to carbon emissions reduction targets to achieve net zero. Low-carbon or zero-carbon steel production, often called ‘Green Steel’, promises a solution.
But how exactly can we deliver Green Steel? Which companies, technologies, and visionary leaders are at the forefront of this change? And what steps can we take to expedite progress?
Drawing inspiration from Willy Korf, the German entrepreneur known as a steel rebel and pioneer of the mini-mill and DRI, this podcast challenges the steel industry. Produced by The Willy Korf Foundation and Kallanish Commodities, both neutral entities deeply connected to the steel industry yet without direct commercial interests, we aim to be a platform for transformative ideas.
Each episode features Astrid Korf-Wolman, Willy Korf’s daughter, alongside Dr Mike Walsh, an independent consultant and project developer in the steel and special metals sector, and James Moss, strategy consultant and partner at First River Consulting.
Join us as we engage with thought-provoking industry leaders and innovators, appraising our current position and exploring pathways to hasten steel decarbonisation. Together, we strive to transform challenges into opportunities, fostering a community committed to the sustainable evolution of the steel industry.
Read the official Season 2 press release for The Green Steel Challenge podcast here.
BROWSE EPISODES
THE GREEN STEEL CHALLENGE
LIVE EPISODES
- SEASON 2
- 12/11/2024
We talk to Alan Dunsmore, CEO of Severfield Ltd, one of the largest steel fabricators in Europe, about what The Green Steel Challenge means to him and his market.
- SEASON 2
- 29/10/2024
The team speak to Tadeu Carneiro, CEO at Boston Metal. Boston Metal, based in Woburn, Massachusetts in the US and Minas Gerais in Brazil. Boston Metal is unlocking a future of sustainable metals and green steel production.
- SEASON 2
- 15/10/2024
We welcome Andrea Fuder, Executive Vice President of Volvo Group Trucks Purchasing & Chief Purchasing Officer for Volvo Group.
- SEASON 2
- 01/10/2024
Season 2 launches with Greg Murphy, General Counsel and Executive Vice President of Business Services & Sustainability at Nucor.
Coming Soon
- SEASON 2
George Adams, CEO, SA Recycling
- SEASON 2
Nicole Voigt, Managing Director & Partner, BCG
LIVE EPISODES
- SEASON 1
- 25/06/2024
Relive the highlights, discover key insights and hear firsthand what we have learned and experienced. Plus get a sneak peak into the hot issues that will ignite debate in the upcoming season.
- SEASON 1
- 11/06/2024
Episode 14 features Thomas Hansmann, CTO of SMS Group, one of the major equipment suppliers to the global steel and metals industry.
- SEASON 1
- 28/05/2024
The world’s largest steel company outside of China, we speak with Irina Gorbounova VP M&A and Head of the ArcelorMittal XCarb Innovation Fund.
- SEASON 1
- 14/05/2024
We hear from Gunnar Groebler, CEO of Salzgitter Group. The Salzgitter Flachstahl integrated site is the European leader in converting from coal based blast furnace production to renewable powered EAF production based on H2 fuelled DRI as a raw material.
- SEASON 1
- 30/04/2024
In Episode 11 Mario Arvedi Caldonazzo, CEO of Italian based Arvedi Group talks about how about his group is unique within Europe in already being established as an EAF based flat products producer, like the mini mills of North America.
- SEASON 1
- 16/04/2024
In this episode Dr Anne-Marie Grossmann presents a clear and honest appraisal of what is happening in Germany which then has huge relevance to Europe and subsequently to other regions of the world.
- SEASON 1
- 02/04/2024
- SEASON 1
- 19/03/2024
World Steel Dynamics has recently produced one of the first comprehensive reports on the likely pathways to decarbonizing for the steel industry and in this episode John describes and comments on the findings of the report.
- SEASON 1
- 05/03/2024
In episode 7, James, Mike and Astrid discuss and recap the first six episodes of The Green Steel Challenge Podcast.
- SEASON 1
- 20/02/2024
André Bier Gerdau Johannpeter is the Vice Chaiman of the Board of Directors and former CEO of Gerdau, the largest steel producer in South America as well as a major special steel producer in North America.
- SEASON 1
- 06/02/2024
In this episode we hear from Giacomo Mareschi Danieli, the CEO of Italy-based Danieli group, a key equipment supplier to the global steel industry as well as a steel producer.
- SEASON 1
- 23/01/2024
We hear from Sajjan Jindal, the Chairman & Managing Director of JSW Steel, one of the largest steel producers within what is now the most dynamic and exciting steel market in the world.
- SEASON 1
- 09/01/2024
Hybar is a new venture that aims to become the most cost-efficient and most environmentally sustainable rebar producer in North America. In 2023, Hybar raised $700 million to build a scrap metal recycling steel rebar mill.
- SEASON 1
- 12/12/2023
In the second episode, Astrid, Mike and James interview Stephen Montague, the CEO of Midrex Technologies, a globally renowned, US-based steel plant designer and developer specialised in Direct Reduction Iron (DRI) processes.
- SEASON 1
- 27/11/2023
In this first episode of the Green Steel Challenge Podcast, Astrid Korf-Wolman, alongside co-hosts Dr Mike Walsh and James Moss, warmly welcome Edwin Basson and Åsa Ekdahl from World Steel Association.
MEET THE HOSTS
AND MEET OUR GUEST SPEAKERS
THE STEEL INDUSTRY EXPERTS
Alan Dunsmore
- CEO
- Severfield
Alan was appointed as Severfield’s Chief Executive Officer in February 2018, and prior to this held the position of Group Finance Director from 2010 to 2017.
George Adams
- CEO
- SA Recycling
George Adams is CEO & President of SA Recycling, located in Anaheim, California. He has been in the scrap metal business since 1977.
Nicole Voigt
- MANAGING DIRECTOR & PARTNER
- BSG
Nicole Voigt is a Managing Director and Partner at Boston Consulting Group in Germany. She has more than 18 years of experience as a consultant and is a core member of BCG’s Industrial Goods practice.
Tadeu Carneiro
- CEO
- Boston Metal
Since joining Boston Metal in 2017 as employee #6, Tadeu has led the company through massive growth, oversubscribed funding rounds, significant scientific developments and the opening of Boston Metal do Brasil.
Andrea Fuder
- CHIEF PURCHASING OFFICER
- Volvo Group
Andrea Fuder, MSc and MBA, holds the position Chief Purchasing Officer of Volvo Group and is a Member of Volvo Group Executive Board since 2017.
Greg Murphy
- GENERAL COUNSEL & EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF BUSINESS SERVICES & SUSTAINABILITY
- Nucor
Greg Murphy is responsible for Nucor’s legal, environmental, public affairs, corporate communications and sustainability functions.
