RFCS-2026-Steel-Big Tickets under the Clean Industrial Deal

Expected Impact:Project results are expected to contribute to the following impacts:progress towards the goals of the European Green Deal in line with the European Commission policy guidelines applicable to the steel industry for the full decarbonisation of the steel sector;progress towards the goals of the Clean Industrial Deal;support innovation and competitiveness in the steel sector as a strategic element for strengthening the European industrial base and autonomy. Expected Outcome:Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following outcomes:quantify the CO2 reduction and other positive environmental effects achieved in the steel sector;make it technically and economically feasible for novel technologies and processes to produce products of at least the same quality as that achieved using current industrial processes, as demonstrated and validated on a suitable scale;demonstrate, where relevant, positive health and safety effects of the technology and/or the approach pursued;outline a scalable deployment plan for the technology, supported by a viable business case;disseminate results widely and contribute to the development of skills and the creation/conversion of jobs. Objective:Recycling technologies.Proposals should cover at least one of the following aspects:technologies for metal or mineral recovery from pyrometallurgical, leaching or electrochemical processes, possibly including the recovery of critical raw materials from iron and steelmaking residues;residue valorisation in low-carbon production routes;scrap detection, separation, and management technologies and approaches combined with digitalisation / AI techniques;recycling at steel production facilities: rethinking recycling processes for new low-carbon installations;technologies and approaches for secondary carbon carriers in iron and steelmaking processes;applications of slags from BF-BOF, LF, and DR-EAF/ESF;dynamic environmental impact analysis, simulation and optimisation of by-prod