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Low-emissions steel is now priced at the intersection of carbon costs, energy spreads and route economics. Premiums clear where those inputs align and move as policy, cost curves and supply pathways change.
Fastmarkets Green Steel Intelligence provides a market reference for green steel pricing and premium direction, anchored to Fastmarkets’ PRA-grade green steel assessments and forward market outlooks.
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This week marks two years since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, but despite the resulting threats and challenges thrown up by the war, the Ukrainian steelmaking sector has managed to adapt. Here, Fastmarkets recaps the key changes
Steel producers in the United States are accelerating investment in technology that will reduce their carbon footprint and help them meet climate pledges, while the race to decarbonize the industry heats up across the entire value chain
German automaker Mercedes-Benz has signaled its preference for greener steel in the US alongside a commitment to 50,000 tonnes per year from long-time supplier Steel Dynamics Inc (SDI)
Read more about our green steel Asia differential, the region’s first green steel benchmark aimed at serving the East Asia market
From EU ETS free allocation phase-out to CBAM transmission and hydrogen cost uncertainty, green steel investment and procurement decisions now hinge on premium durability and cost convergence timing. This report provides scenario-based forecasts across six emissions intensity bands and production routes to support capex, sourcing, and strategy decisions through 2035.
Model premium risk, compare route economics, and stress-test assumptions against policy shifts.
Stuart Evans
Chief Analytics Officer, Fastmarkets
Josh Cowley
Head of Research, Carbon Markets
Shyamal Patel
Head of Modelling, Carbon Markets
Carl Peters
Senior Economist, Fastmarkets
Abhishek Pathak
Economist, Fastmarkets
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