Hitachi Energy and LKAB collaborate to accelerate energy transition in the mining industry
Press Release | Vasteras, Sweden | 13.10.2025 | 2 min read
- A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on a long-term collaboration to support LKAB’s electrification and transition to a fossil-free future
- Hitachi Energy to initially deliver necessary advanced technology, equipment and grid connection solutions for power management to the planned demonstration project for sponge iron production in Gällivare
Vasteras, Oct. 13, 2025 - LKAB and Hitachi Energy have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen efficiency, sustainability, and innovation in power transmission and energy management. The efforts will primarily focus on the planned first demonstration plant for sponge iron production and related hydrogen plants for production. The MoU describes the companies’ joint efforts to enable continued electrification and the implementation of a hydrogen-based direct reduction process on an industrial scale.
This is another important step on the path to enabling our planned transition and expansion. Electrification is absolutely central to our continued competitiveness in a society that achieves our climate goals. To get there, we need to utilize the expertise that is gathered within the industry. The collaboration with Hitachi Energy gives us the conditions to build cost-effective solutions that enable our future competitiveness.
We are pleased to collaborate with LKAB on this important initiative. No single company or country can handle the energy transition on its own – cooperation and partnership are required for it to become a reality. Our joint expertise and close cooperation will drivedevelopments in energy efficiency and sustainability
Hitachi Energy has a global presence and over a century of expertise in electrification, offering advanced grid connection solutions including transformers, high-voltage products and systems tailored to the growing needs in fossil-free mining and steelmaking. Together with LKAB's industry leadership, the collaboration lays a strong foundation for innovation, reduced carbon emissions, and long-term impact throughout the value chain.
LKAB's planned demonstration plant for the production of sponge iron using Hybrit technology in Gällivare is expected to produce 1.35 million tons of sponge iron per year, to be gradually supplemented with more plants to a production capacity of 5.4 million tons.
About Hitachi Energy
Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader in electrification, powering a sustainable energy future with innovative power grid technologies with digital at the core. Over three billion people depend on our technologies to power their daily lives. With over a century in pioneering mission-critical technologies like high-voltage, transformers, automation, and power electronics, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time – balancing soaring electricity demand, while decarbonizing the power system. With an unparalleled installed base in over 140 countries, we co-create and build long-term partnerships across the utility, industry, transportation, data centers, and infrastructure sectors. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 50,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $16 billion USD.
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