Tata Steel Signs MoU with University of Science and Technology Beijing to advance low-carbon steelmaking

Mumbai, March 17, 2026

Mumbai, March 17, 2026: Tata Steel has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB) to collaborate on the development of low-carbon steelmaking technologies, reinforcing the Company’s commitment to advancing sustainable steel production.

As part of the MoU, the research teams from Tata Steel, Tata Steel Research and Innovation Limited and USTB will jointly undertake research across four broad themes addressing low-carbon steelmaking: scrap-based steelmaking, steel waste valorisation, end-product performance, and carbon capture & utilisation technologies.

The collaboration will leverage USTB’s academic expertise along with its experimental and pilot-scale facilities, enabling promising technologies to be tested, piloted and potentially scaled up for industrial application. For Tata Steel, it reinforces a long-standing commitment to innovation-led decarbonisation and the belief that collaboration across borders is essential to building a low-carbon future for heavy industries worldwide.

Commenting on the partnership, Subodh Pandey, Vice President – Technology, R&D, NMB and Graphene, Tata Steel, said: “Low carbon steelmaking and associated product development for our customers is the need of the hour. At Tata Steel, we are actively driving the global transition to low-carbon steelmaking, and innovation is at the core of this journey. Through our collaboration with USTB, we aim to unlock potential ideas and co‑create technologies that will advance our sustainability goals and contribute to a cleaner, more efficient future for the steel industry.”

Prof. Shuqiang Jiao, Vice President of USTB, said: “USTB and Tata Steel have maintained a long-standing partnership built on years of productive collaboration. This new initiative further strengthens their close ties and shared commitment to innovation. By combining USTB’s expertise in metallurgy and materials science with Tata Steel’s industrial strengths, the two sides will accelerate the engineering validation and industrial application of research outcomes.”

Academician Xinping Mao said, “The green transformation of the steel industry is a major challenge faced by the global steel sector and a critical step toward carbon neutrality. USTB has conducted long-term research in areas including low-carbon emissions metallurgical technologies, circular steel development, carbon capture and utilisation, etc. The partnership between Tata Steel and USTB will advance low-carbon steel production technologies and contribute to the green and sustainable development of the global steel industry.”

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About USTB

USTB is a leading public research university in China, founded in 1952 and located in Beijing. It is widely known as the "Cradle of China’s Steel Industry." It has long contributed to cultivating high-level talent and promoting key technological innovations in the steel industry.
USTB is a key participant in China’s national higher-education development initiatives, including the “211 Project” and the “Platform for National Advanced Disciplines Innovation”, reflecting its importance in the country’s research and innovation ecosystem.
USTB has four national first-level key disciplines: Metallurgical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Mining Engineering, and History of Science and Technology.
According to the Essential Science Indicators (ESI) database, multiple disciplines including Materials Science, Engineering, Chemistry, and Computer Science, rank among the top 1% globally, with Materials Science and Engineering in the top 1‰. USTB is also consistently ranked among the top universities in China and within the top 500 globally in major international rankings such as QS.
USTB hosts the State Key Laboratory of Advanced Metallurgy, the State Key Laboratory for Advanced Metals, and five other national key laboratories, three national engineering research centers, and 97 provincial or ministerial-level research platforms, forming a comprehensive research and innovation system.
Over the decades, USTB has achieved numerous technological breakthroughs, including developing China’s first electric arc furnace, contributing materials to the country’s first satellite, and building the nation’s first industrial-scale robot.
Since 1978, USTB has applied for 20,409 patents and been granted 12,820; more than 2,300 research achievements have received national, provincial, or ministerial awards, including 185 National Science and Technology Awards.
As of December 2025, USTB has over 27,000 full-time students and offers a multi-level education system covering undergraduate, graduate, international student, and continuing education programs.
USTB maintains extensive global academic collaboration with more than 270 partner institutions worldwide and admits hundreds of international students every year. USTB also collaborates with multiple international steel companies.

About Tata Steel

Tata Steel group is among the top global steel companies with an annual crude steel capacity of 35 million tonnes per annum.
It is one of the world's most geographically diversified steel producers, with operations and commercial presence across the world.
The group recorded a consolidated turnover of around US$26 billion in the financial year ending March 31, 2025.
A Great Place to Work®-certified organisation, Tata Steel Limited, together with its subsidiaries, associates, and joint ventures, is spread across five continents with an employee base of over 76,000.
Tata Steel has announced its major sustainability objectives including Net Zero by 2045.
The Company has been on a multi-year digital-enabled business transformation journey intending to be the leader in ‘Digital Steel making’. The Company has received the World Economic Forum’s Global Lighthouse recognition for its Jamshedpur, Kalinganagar, and IJmuiden Plants. Tata Steel has also been recognised with the ‘Digital Enterprise of India – Steel’ Award 2024 by Economic Times CIO.
The Company has been recognised with the World Economic Forum’s Global Diversity Equity & Inclusion Lighthouse 2023.
The Company has been a part of the DJSI Emerging Markets Index since 2012 and has been consistently ranked among the top 10 steel companies in the DJSI Corporate Sustainability Assessment since 2016.
Tata Steel’s Jamshedpur Plant is India’s first site to receive ResponsibleSteel^TM Certification. Subsequently, its Kalinganagar and Meramandali plants have also received the certification. In India, Tata Steel now has more than 90% of its steel production from ResponsibleSteel^TM certified sites.
Received Prime Minister’s Trophy for the best performing integrated steel plant for 2016-17, 2025 Steel Sustainability Champion recognition from worldsteel for eight years in a row, CDP 2024 ‘Supplier Engagement Assessment’ Leader, Top performer in Iron and Steel sector in Dun & Bradstreet's India's top 500 companies 2022, Ranked as the 2024 most valuable Mining and Metals brand in India by Brand Finance, ‘Most Ethical Company’ award 2021 from Ethisphere Institute, and ‘Best Corporate for Promotion of Sports’ recognition at the Sportstar Aces Awards 2024.
Received the 2023 Global ERM (Enterprise Risk Management) Award of Distinction at the RIMS ERM Conference 2023, ‘Masters of Risk – Risk Technology’ recognition at The India Risk Management Awards, and ICSI Business Responsibility and Sustainability Award 2023 for its first Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report (BRSR), Excellence in Financial Reporting FY20 from ICAI, among several others.

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