Blastr Green Steel (Blastr) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the yearly supply of ultra-low CO₂ steel with Vogten Staal, a European steel service center. Vogten’s production lines are located in Maastricht, the Netherlands, with excellent connections for river, rail, and road transport.
This marks Blastr’s third offtake agreement in under four months, driving a significant rise in the availability of low-carbon steel products across Europe.
The agreement with Vogten will make Blastr’s low-carbon steel available to a favorable group of end-users seeking more sustainable metals and provide access to Vogten’s steel refinement expertise such as the pickling of hot rolled material.
According to sources, Vogten Staal. has invested in their second production facility with their capacity increasing to a total of 72.000 m2 from both production facilities, annually, which 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).
“The collaboration between Blastr and Vogten Staal reflects strong growth in demand for high-quality decarbonized steel in European markets. We are proud to partner with one of Europe’s leading steel service centres, which shares our commitment to mitigating climate change by making green steel available to a growing pool of customers,” says Mark Bula, CEO of Blastr, in an official press release.
Dennis Vogten and Jack Papen, owners and board of Vogten Staal also shared their excitement stating,
“We are excited to join forces with Blastr in supplying ultra-low CO₂ steel to our wide range of customers and helping to create a more sustainable steel industry.”
“Vogten is one of the few large-scale steel service companies in Western Europe which keeps its own product inventory, and we are happy to include Blastr’s high-quality, low-carbon steel in our portfolio and extensive supply network,” They added.
Blastr is building a low-carbon steel value chain with reduced C0₂ emissions compared to conventional steelmaking using hydrogen in place of coal in production and feedstock made with clean energy. This includes the Inkoo steel plant, said to produce 2.5 million tonnes of ultra-low CO₂ steel annually, alongside the development of a green direct reduction (DR) pellet plant in the UK to cater to the European demand for sustainable and environmentally friendly industrial solutions.