German copper producer Aurubis has started tests for the use of hydrogen and nitrogen to replace natural gas in its copper anode production processes, advancing the company's goal of achieving carbon-neutrality by 2050, it announced on Thursday May 27.
The tests started on Thursday and were intended to investigate hydrogen use in continuous operation until the late summer. The long-term goal was to determine "the conditions under which hydrogen can be used for poling purposes in the anode furnace instead of natural gas."The company was still gauging the reaction of...