Blastr Green Steel (Blastr) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Vogten Staal, a leading European steel service center, for the annual supply of ultra-low CO₂ steel.

The agreement with Vogten will make Blastr’s low-carbon steel available to a growing number of end-users seeking more sustainable metals, as well as provide access to Vogten’s steel refinement capabilities including pickling of hot rolled material. Vogten’s production lines are located in Maastricht, the Netherlands, a major hub for river, rail and truck transport.

Vogten Staal recently invested in a second production facility. When all new lines are installed, the annual production capacity of both facilities (in total 72.000 m²) is more than 1 million metric tons, divided over three cut-to-length lines (1.85 – 26 mm), two push-pull pickling lines (1.85 – 20 mm), a slitting line (1.5 – 12 mm) and four shears (up to 15 mm).

This is the third offtake agreement announced by Blastr in less than four months, supporting a material increase to the supply of decarbonized steel products in Europe.

Blastr is creating a low-carbon steel value chain with lower C0₂ emissions compared to conventional steelmaking by using hydrogen instead of coal in the production process and feedstock made with clean energy. This includes the Inkoo steel plant, set to produce 2.5 million tonnes of ultra-low CO₂ steel annually, and the development of a green direct reduction (DR) pellet plant in the UK to meet growing European demand for sustainable and environmentally friendly industrial solutions.