Net-zero steel: Overcoming the inertia of a fragmented transition

20th May,2026 Download

Observations on the challenges of sector transition and insights from the first fully open-source global steel model: Steel-IQ

Steel is central to the global economy, but also one of its hardest sectors to decarbonise. In this whitepaper and one page executive summary, Systemiq’s open-source Steel-IQ model explores the forces slowing the transition to net-zero steel – from investment lock-in and feedstock limits to policy gaps and OEM bottlenecks – and sets out what industry, investors and policymakers can do now to accelerate change.

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