Manyan kamfanonin ƙarfe sun gudanar da bincike a sabbin fannoni masu alaƙa da makamashi tare da yin gyare-gyare kan rabon kadarori don biyan buƙatun ci gaban masana'antar ƙarfe mai ƙarancin carbon.
FMG ta mayar da hankali kan sauyin ƙarancin carbon a kan maye gurbin sabbin hanyoyin samar da makamashi. Domin cimma burin kamfanin na rage fitar da hayakin carbon, FMG ta kafa reshen kamfanin FFI (Future Industries Company) na musamman don mai da hankali kan haɓaka ayyukan samar da makamashin lantarki mai kore, makamashin hydrogen mai kore da kuma ayyukan samar da makamashin ammonia mai kore. Andrew Forester, Shugaban FMG, ya ce: "Manufar FMG ita ce ƙirƙirar kasuwannin wadata da buƙata don samar da makamashin hydrogen mai kore. Saboda yawan amfani da makamashinsa da kuma rashin tasiri ga muhalli, makamashin hydrogen mai kore da wutar lantarki mai kore kai tsaye Makamashi yana da damar maye gurbin man fetur gaba ɗaya a cikin sarkar samar da kayayyaki."
A wata hira ta yanar gizo da wani dan jarida daga China Metallurgical News, FMG ta bayyana cewa kamfanin yana ci gaba da bincike kan mafi kyawun mafita ga hydrogen kore don rage fitar da hayakin carbon dioxide yadda ya kamata a tsarin yin karfe ta hanyar bincike da haɓaka ayyukan ƙarfe kore. A halin yanzu, ayyukan da kamfanin ke yi sun haɗa da canza ma'adinan ƙarfe zuwa ƙarfe kore ta hanyar canza sinadarai ta hanyar amfani da wutar lantarki a ƙarƙashin yanayin zafi mai ƙarancin zafi. Mafi mahimmanci, fasahar za ta yi amfani da hydrogen kore kai tsaye a matsayin mai ragewa don rage ma'adinan ƙarfe kai tsaye.
Rio Tinto ya kuma sanar a cikin sabon rahotonsa na ayyukan kuɗi cewa ya yanke shawarar saka hannun jari a aikin Jadal lithium borate. A ƙarƙashin manufar samun duk amincewa, izini da lasisi masu dacewa, da kuma ci gaba da jan hankalin al'ummar yankin, gwamnatin Serbia da ƙungiyoyin farar hula, Rio Tinto ya yi alƙawarin saka hannun jari na dala biliyan 2.4 don haɓaka aikin. Bayan an fara aikin, Rio Tinto zai zama babban mai samar da ma'adinan lithium a Turai, yana tallafawa sama da motocin lantarki miliyan 1 kowace shekara.
A gaskiya ma, Rio Tinto ta riga ta sami tsarin masana'antu dangane da rage fitar da hayaki mai ƙarancin carbon. A shekarar 2018, Rio Tinto ta kammala rarraba kadarorin kwal kuma ta zama babbar kamfanin hakar ma'adinai na ƙasa da ƙasa da ba ta samar da man fetur ba. A wannan shekarar, Rio Tinto, tare da tallafin saka hannun jari daga Gwamnatin Quebec ta Kanada da Apple, ta kafa wani haɗin gwiwa na ElysisTM tare da Alcoa, wanda ya ƙera kayan anode marasa aiki don rage amfani da amfani da kayan anode na carbon, ta haka ne rage fitar da hayakin carbon dioxide.
BHP Billiton ta kuma bayyana a cikin sabon rahotonta na ayyukan kuɗi cewa kamfanin zai yi jerin gyare-gyare na dabarun ga fayil ɗin kadarorinsa da tsarin kamfanoni, ta yadda BHP Billiton zai iya samar da muhimman albarkatu don ci gaba mai ɗorewa da kuma rage gurɓatar da tattalin arzikin duniya.