Namibia inaugurates Africa’s first zero-emission iron plant

NAMPA

2025-04-12

ARANDIS, 11 April 2025 - Some of the green iron produced at the newly inauguration zero-emission iron production facility, the HyIron Oshivela Plant, in Arandis on Friday. (Photo contributed) NAMPA

ARANDIS, 12 APR (NAMPA) – Namibia on Friday inaugurated Africa and the world’s first zero-emission iron production facility, the HyIron Oshivela Plant, in Arandis.
With an initial capacity of 15 000 tonnes of direct reduced iron per year, the plant is set to scale up to one million tonnes annually, potentially preventing 1,8 million tonnes of carbon emissions each year.
The project was made possible through a N.dollars 600 million investment fr...

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ARANDIS, 11 April 2025 - President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industries, Mines and Energy (MIME) Natangue Ithete, Erongo Governor Neville Andre Itope ED in the MIME Ben Nangombe listen to HyIron Chief Executive and co-founder Johannes Michels as he explains details of the newly inauguration zero-emission iron production facility, the HyIron Oshivela Plant, in Arandis on Friday. (Photo contributed) NAMPA

ARANDIS, 11 April 2025 - President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industries, Mines and Energy Natangwe Ithete, Erongo Governor Neville Andre Itope, European Ambassador Ana Beatriz Martins, and German Ambassador to Namibia Dr Thorsten Hutter photographed along the different stakeholders at the inauguration of Namibia's and the world’s first zero-emission iron production facility, the HyIron Oshivela Plant, in Arandis on Friday. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

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