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Algoma&#8217;s CEO, Michael Garcia, and experts highlight the challenges of exporting amid tariffs and the uncertain demand for green steel in North America and Europe. The other major project at ArcelorMittal in Hamilton, Ontario, remains stalled due to high capital costs and market uncertainties. Despite these obstacles, federal and provincial governments have supported these initiatives with substantial funding. The industry faces broader challenges, including oversupply and policy uncertainties, necessitating stronger public-private collaborations to drive innovation and cost reduction in green steel production.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Algoma Steel Inc. has initiated the production of greener steel using electric arc furnaces, a significant milestone for the Canadian steel industry amid market turmoil caused by U.S. tariffs and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":951,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[178],"tags":[12405,414,2586,12404,12406],"class_list":["post-10073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-algoma-steel","tag-canada-startup-news","tag-government-funding","tag-green-steel","tag-market-turmoil"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - 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