According to POSCO Group Newsroom, POSCO plans to build a HyREX demonstration facility with annual capacity of 300,000 tonnes by 2028 in a southeastern cluster centered on Pohang. HyREX will anchor cooperation with the government covering the chain from clean-energy supply to low-carbon steel use.
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Analysis: The project could provide an important demonstration of HyREX at meaningful scale, but its progress will depend on more than ironmaking technology. POSCO says continuously operated hydrogen-reduction ironmaking requires timely, stable and economical clean energy, while low-carbon steel demand will also require supportive market rules.
MetalMate analysis- Planned capacity: 300,000 tonnes per year.
- Target: construction of the demonstration facility by 2028.
- Location concept: a southeastern cluster centered on Pohang.
- POSCO says hydrogen-reduction ironmaking operates continuously and requires stable, economical clean-energy supply.
- POSCO argues that low-carbon steel standardization and measures such as a green-procurement promotion law are needed to complete the ecosystem.
Outlook: Watch whether the announced demonstration facility advances toward construction, whether stable and economical clean-energy supply is secured, and whether the government introduces low-carbon steel standards or green-procurement support. The supplied announcement does not establish that these steps have been implemented.
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- 9 October 2026
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포스코그룹, 정부 K-GX 시그니처 프로젝트 참여…철강산업 탈탄소 전환 선도 — POSCO Group Newsroom
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