FINAST - fossil-free steel for a greener future
The FINAST project (Research and Innovation in Norrbotten for Advanced Green Steel Production and Manufacturing) is an interdisciplinary research project funded by the EU Fund for Justice Transition and the Agency for Growth.
Mini-courses exploring carbon-neutral steel production
Join the FINAST and CO2-NiCE projects on 13 October 2026 for a full day of mini-courses exploring carbon-neutral steel production
Open-source code paves the way for safer hydrogen facilities
As hydrogen use grows, effective ways to assess explosions are needed. Researchers at Luleå University of Technology have developed an open tool that tracks the process from ignition to pressure wave.
Surface Treatment Characterization
Patricio Piantanida has visited the Engineering Materials Science group at Tampere University for a collaborative work involving the surface treatment of steels.
International cooperation
Every year, the research program YSSP is held at the International Institute of Applied System Analysis (IIASA) in Austria.
Mini Courses by FINAST and CO2-NiCE
Join the FINAST and CO2-NiCE projects on 13 October 2026 for a full day of mini-courses exploring research across the carbon-neutral steel value chain.
ISIJ-VDEh-Jernkontoret Joint Symposium
This joint symposium is organised every third year as a forum for networking and exchange hosted by the steel industry organisations of the Sweden, Japan and Germany.
Successful experiments
Rolling is the most common process for manufacturing of steel sheets and it is done in multiple stages
Green transition lecture
The FINAST PhD Student Network co-organized a webinar with the Jernkontoret Steel Academy PhD Network on April 8th, 2026, focusing on the green transition in Swedish steelmaking.
Work packages
The project is focused on promoting climate-neutral steel production and use. Through collaboration between industry and academic partners, the project addresses innovation and sustainability issues.
About FINAST
The project contributes to the green transition and a carbon dioxide-neutral steel industry through research efforts in collaboration between Luleå University of Technology, Swerim and SSAB.
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The Finast project represented at CHS² 2026
At the CHS² 2026 international conference (International Conference on Hot Sheet Metal Forming of High-Performance Steel) in Plzeň, Czech Republic, Patricio Andrés Piantanida presented the paper “Surface Engineering of PHS1500 Steel by UNSM Treatment...
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Green transition lecture by SSAB
The FINAST PhD Student Network co-organized a webinar with the Jernkontoret Steel Academy PhD Network on April 8th, 2026, focusing on the green transition in Swedish steelmaking.
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ISIJ-VDEh-Jernkontoret Joint Symposium on Ironmaking and Steelmaking
This joint symposium is organised every third year as a forum for networking and exchange hosted by the steel industry organisations of the Sweden, Japan and Germany. Presentations from academic and industrial presenters were held at Tohoku Universit...
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