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The bulk of this increase is likely to come from new plants for the production of sponge iron and fossil-free steel, in which hydrogen and new technologies replace fossil coal in the reduction of iron ore.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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