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Tata Steel Advances Green Hydrogen Transition at IJmuiden Steelworks

Tata Steel's IJmuiden facility has reached key milestones in its planned shift from coal-based production to direct reduced iron technology using green hydrogen, a major industrial transition intended to cut emissions while preserving skilled manufacturing jobs in North Holland.
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