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With reference to the EASyMelt blast-furnace decarbonisation deal announced by Tata Steel on April 21, 2026, consider the following statements: 1) The first deployment will be at Tata Steel's 'E' Blast Furnace at Jamshedpur Works in Jharkhand. 2) The agreement was signed with Paul Wurth, S.A., a Luxembourg company that is part of SMS Group GmbH. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Correct answer: (A) Both 1 and 2.

Tata Steel's first industrial-scale EASyMelt deployment is planned for the 649-cubic-metre 'E' Blast Furnace at Jamshedpur Works in Jharkhand under agreements with Luxembourg-based Paul Wurth, S.A., part of SMS Group GmbH.

  1. (A)

    Both 1 and 2

  2. (B)

    1 only

  3. (C)

    2 only

  4. (D)

    Neither 1 nor 2

Explanation

Both statements are correct. Tata Steel's April 21, 2026 press release says it entered into definitive agreements with Paul Wurth, S.A. of Luxembourg, part of SMS Group GmbH, to implement the world's first EASyMelt technology. It also identifies the first industrial demonstration site as the 'E' Blast Furnace of 649 cubic metres at Tata Steel's Jamshedpur Works. The point of the project is not merely a corporate partnership: it is a blast-furnace decarbonisation intervention, with Tata Steel stating that the project aims to cut CO2 emissions by more than 50 per cent against the blast furnace's baseline operation.

Why the other options are wrong

  • (B) Option B accepts the Jamshedpur 'E' Blast Furnace statement but wrongly rejects the agreement detail, although the Tata Steel release names Paul Wurth, S.A. of Luxembourg as part of SMS Group GmbH.
  • (C) Option C accepts the Paul Wurth-SMS Group statement but wrongly rejects the deployment site, which the release identifies as the 649-cubic-metre 'E' Blast Furnace at Jamshedpur Works.
  • (D) Option D is wrong because the cited release supports both statements: the first EASyMelt industrial demonstration at Jamshedpur and the definitive agreements with Paul Wurth, S.A., part of SMS Group GmbH.

Concept

This tests applied science and technology in industrial decarbonisation, especially how legacy steelmaking infrastructure is being adapted for lower emissions. Such items recur in RAS because climate commitments, heavy industry and technology partnerships often appear together in current-affairs-based science questions.

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