TOWARDS A CIRCULAR STEEL INDUSTRY© IRENA 2023Unless otherwise stated, material in this publication may be freely used, shared, copied, reproduced, printed and/or stored, provided that appropriate acknowledgement is given of IRENA as the source and copyright holder. Material in this publication that is attributed to third parties may be subject to separate terms of use and restrictions, and appropriate permissions from these third parties may need to be secured before any use of such material.ISBN: 978-92-9260-538-4Citation: IRENA (2023), Towards a circular steel industry, International Renewable Energy Agency, Abu Dhabi.AcknowledgementsThis report was prepared by IRENA in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change (MOEF&CC) and The Group of Twenty (G20) under the India Presidency held from 1 December 2022 to 30 November 2023. IRENA is grateful for the support, external reviews and feedback received from the MOEF&CC and G20 Environment and Climate Sustainability Working Group.This report was developed under the guidance of Roland Roesch (Director, Innovation and Technology Center of IRENA) and Francisco Boshell (IRENA), by the following authors: Karan Kochhar, Luis Janeiro, Jungwoo Lee, Elsy Milan and Liang Xinyu.Special thanks are due to Gauri Singh (Deputy Director-General of IRENA) for her overall leadership and invaluable insights provided throughout the report development process.IRENA also would like to express sincere appreciation to the following technical experts who reviewed the report and provided insightful feedback, specific comments and constructive suggestions: Samuel Flückiger, Till Kötter (Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe), Will Hall (International Energy Agency), Åsa Ekdahl, And...