Boston Metal ran pilot cells with modular anodes over 30 days in 2024
Tadeu Carneiro · Boston Metal’s path to carbon-free steel · Nov 7, 2025 · at 15:26
Tadeu Carneiro is the CEO of Boston Metal. He describes overcoming industry skepticism about metallic anode survival under high-temperature oxidizing conditions.
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“That milestone we reached in, ah, we delivered in, in twenty-twenty-four, ah, when we have five, five, six runs that last more than a month with, ah, the first generation of industrial modular anode in a single pilot cell that, that survived more than 30 days.”
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