2025年4月初，必和必拓-中国宝武-蒙纳士大学低碳冶金知识中心（Industry Knowledge Centre for Low Carbon Metallurgy）首届研讨会在中国苏州成功举办，约100名国内外的行业及学界代表出席了此次会议。

低碳冶金知识中心成立于2023年,是由必和必拓、中国宝武和澳大利亚蒙纳士大学共建的产业知识中心，旨在通过基础研究、中试和工业规模试验等形式，加速推动钢铁行业温室气体减排技术的应用。知识中心已选定12个资助项目，总预算约为240万美元，研究范围涵盖高炉流程、直接还原/电炉流程、碳捕集、利用与封存（CCUS）技术等，汇聚了中澳两国超过15家高校和机构的研究人员。

在为期两天的研讨会上，12个获资助项目的代表分别介绍了他们的研究范围和预期成果，并着重阐述了将如何通过技术研发助力钢铁行业的减碳进程。同时，作为必和必拓的重要客户，多家领先钢铁企业的代表也分享了各自的减碳战略和行动，从行业需求的角度为研究人员提供了宝贵见解。

钢铁行业的碳减排面临较大挑战，推动脱碳进程需要价值链上下游企业共进同行，必和必拓与中国宝武于2020年建立的气候变化合作伙伴关系，正是价值链合作的典范。作为该合作的组成部分，低碳冶金知识中心不仅是为技术研发提供支持的重要平台，还通过促进产学研融合，进一步加强知识共享和人才培养，为钢铁行业实现减碳目标提供强大动力。

低碳冶金知识中心首届研讨会与会代表合影
Group photo for Knowledge Centre 1st Workshop  

1^st BHP – China Baowu – Monash University Industry Knowledge Centre Annual Workshop successfully held in Suzhou, China 

In early April 2025, the First Workshop for the BHP – China Baowu – Monash University Industry Knowledge Centre for Low Carbon Metallurgy (LCM) was successfully held in Suzhou, China, attended by around 100 representatives from the Chinese and overseas industry and academia.

The LCM Knowledge Centre was launched in 2023 (BHP China Baowu and Monash University launch an Industry Knowledge Centre) with the aim of accelerating the deployment of technologies capable of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from steel production through scientific research, pilots and plant-scale trials. The 2024 Program has selected 12 projects for sponsorship, with a total budget of around US$2.4M, across the Blast Furnace Steelmaking Route, Direct Reduction / Electric Furnace Route and Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS), and involving researchers from over 15 research institutes and universities in China and Australia. 

During the two-day workshop, the 12 projects presented their research scope and expected outcomes and, most importantly, how the research is intended to support progress in steelmaking decarbonisation. And industry representatives from leading steel mills, who are also BHP’s valued customers, shared their decarbonisation strategy and actions, providing valuable insights on industry needs to the researchers. 

Collaboration across the value chain is required to support progress towards decarbonisation of the hard-to-abate steel industry, and the BHP-China Baowu climate change partnership that officially began in 2020 is a great example. The LCM Knowledge Centre is part of the BHP-China Baowu partnership. It is not just a platform to provide R&D support but also, importantly, to enhance knowledge sharing and talent development by linking academia and industry together to better support the steel industry progress decarbonisation.