K-Tec to build ‘first’ earth scrapers with fossil-free steel
06 June 2024
Canada-based OEM K-Tec, part of the K.A. Group, said it’s to become the first company to pilot Swedish steel firm SSAB’s Fossil-free steel for a fleet of earthmoving machines.
A K-Tec 1228 scraper behind a Volvo CE unit. K-Tec announced it will become the ‘first’ earthmoving OEM to use SSAB’s fossil-free steel product. (Image: K-Tec)
The SSAB steel product, K-Tec said, uses a process that replaces coal with hydrogen and electricity in steelmaking.
A joint venture between SSAB, Finland-based…