Japanese steelmaker Kobe Steel Ltd. has announced that it will supply Kobenable® Steel, which reduces carbon emissions in the blast furnace process, to Japan-based Tsuneishi Shipbuilding Co.’s Chinese subsidiary Tsuneishi Group. This is the first case of use of Kobenable® Steel outside of Japan.
The steel, which will be produced at the company’s Kakogawa Works and Kobe Wire Rod & Bar Plant, will be used in the building of the first methanol-fueled container carrier to be built by Tsuneishi Group.