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by alephnerd·2d ago·view on hn ↗
> Intellectual property in making green steel is not the big competitive advantage of European steelmakers

It is for ThyssenKrupp (Germany), LKAB (Sweden), HYBRIT (Sweden), and Voestalpine (Austria). Chinese, India, Vietnamese, Saudi, and other steelmakers cannot export their steel and steel products competitively to Europe and their European operations were about to get hit by CBAM related violations (until the EU backed down on carbon emissions regulations a couple weeks ago), which made the EU-27 a captive market for those 4.

> steelmakers in Europe are concentrating on low carbon emissions

Only German, Swedish, and Austrian steelmakers can. Dutch, French, Luxembourgish, and Italian steelmakers (who are all now owned by Asian steelmakers) cannot.

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And this is why nothing will happen with regards to climate change - sovereign corporate interests will always trump global interests.