Boston Metal, a US-based green steel company, recently opened the gates to its first Molten Oxide Electrolysis (MOE) facility in Brazil. The plant will serve as a platform to recover high-value metals from mining waste in Brazil. This deployment is a major milestone for Boston Metal’s technology and operations as it works towards commercializing MOE for the green steel sector in 2026. Boston Metal’s technology revolves around their proprietary electrolytic cell – a large chamber filled with air, an electrolyte, a metallic anode and a cathode. When iron ore is added to the chamber which is operating at high temperatures due to the electrical current introduced by the cell, oxygen is removed from the iron ore which constitutes the reduction…