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Helix Carbon says it can make iron cheaper by recycling blast furnace pollution

Publisher description: The steel industry is a big polluter, but Helix Carbon can upcycle pollution from blast furnaces to drive down emissions and improve margins.

TechCrunch | Oct 13, 2026 | Tim De Chant

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A blast furnace is the giant furnace that turns iron ore into the iron used to make steel. Blast furnaces have made iron for centuries, using coke, a processed form of coal, to help turn raw iron ore (iron bound up with oxygen) into metallic iron. By injecting carbon monoxide into a blast furnace, iron producers can use less coke.

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