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The steel industry needs a clear and reliable framework for its decarbonisation, said Heinz J枚rg Fuhrmann, CEO of the Salzgitter Group, at the presentation of the company鈥檚 annual report on Monday, . The German steel company suffered financial losses last year due to the slump in demand caused by the pandemic. Nevertheless, the CEO says it was not a 鈥渓ost year鈥� for the company, as it pressed the manufacturers to move ahead with projects, such as CO2-reduced steel production, FAZ writes. Salzgitter now urges the German government and the EU to quickly create the political and legal framework conditions for the industry鈥檚 decarbonisation by 2050. "The approval procedures in Germany are exorbitantly extensive and time-consuming. This needs to be reformed as a matter of urgency if we also want to make progress with decarbonisation within the politically set timeframe,鈥� Fuhrmann said. Salzgitter aims to reduce its CO2 emissions by 30 percent by 2030 and by 95 percent by 2050. A five-digit number of tonnes of 鈥済reen flat steel鈥� are to be produced already this year, Fuhrmann said. The CEO emphasised the role of the EU in protecting the steel industry while transforming Europe into a climate-neutral location. "We can't keep bearing rising climate and energy costs while competitors from abroad 鈥� who don鈥檛 have these burdens - happily ship into the EU,鈥� Fuhrmann said.

Earlier this month, Salzgitter started operations of a using energy from wind turbines in the northwest of Germany. Last year, the German government presented a steel strategy to help the industry make the shift to climate-neutrality. The steel strategy falls in line with a broader set of measures to聽decarbonise Germany's industry聽and facilitate the breakthrough of hydrogen as a key component of the energy transition.