Sierra Club: Nippon Investment in DRI in the South a Good First Step, Must Not Overlook Greening Midwest Steel

May 01, 2026 at 2:45 AM
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<p>Washington, DC — Yesterday, U.S. Steel announced it will invest nearly $2 billion to build a direct reduced iron (DRI) facility at Big River Steel Works in Osceola, Arkansas. The DRI will provide a cleaner input to feed into the company’s electric arc furnaces that produce steel. Nippon Steel, the parent company of ... [continued]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://cleantechnica.com/2026/04/30/sierra-club-nippon-investment-in-dri-in-the-south-a-good-first-step-must-not-overlook-greening-midwest-steel/">Sierra Club: Nippon Investment in DRI in the South a Good First Step, Must Not Overlook Greening Midwest Steel</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cleantechnica.com">CleanTechnica</a>.</p>

<p>Washington, DC — Yesterday, U.S. Steel announced it will invest nearly $2 billion to build a direct reduced iron (DRI) facility at Big River Steel Works in Osceola, Arkansas. The DRI will provide a cleaner input to feed into the company’s electric arc furnaces that produce steel. Nippon Steel, the parent company of ... [continued]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://cleantechnica.com/2026/04/30/sierra-club-nippon-investment-in-dri-in-the-south-a-good-first-step-must-not-overlook-greening-midwest-steel/">Sierra Club: Nippon Investment in DRI in the South a Good First Step, Must Not Overlook Greening Midwest Steel</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cleantechnica.com">CleanTechnica</a>.</p>

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