Arcelormittal & Dastur Research on Capturing 50-70% of CO2 Emissions
ArcelorMittal and India-based consultant Dastur Energy and MN Dastur & Co is set to do research on an industrial-scale solution for carbon capture from blast furnace-based steelmaking operations, likely helping transform the way steel is produced. The steelmaker is set to receive the US Department of Energy (DOE)'s funding for the same, ArcelorMittal announced in a social media post. The research will be conducted from ArcelorMittal’s operations at its Burns Harbor plant in Indiana. The research would help identify available technology to enable competitive, environmentally friendly, sustainable blast furnace based processes for making low carbon emissions steel,” the company said. Dastur Energy, MN Dastur & Co and ION Clean Energy will research an industrial-scale solution for carbon capture from ArcelorMittal blast furnace-based steelmaking operations. This FEED study, a crucial first step, will work on designing a carbon capture system capable of capturing 50-70% of CO2 emissions from blast furnace gas. DOE announced nearly $72 million federal funding to support the development and advancement of carbon capture technologies and ArcelorMittal is said to be the only steel maker to receive a part of the funding. “Apart from the US, this project has significant bearing on enabling low emissions steel production in India, the second largest steel producer in the world, with the blast furnace route being the primary route of steel production,” said Atanu Mukherjee, Chief Executive of MN Dastur & Co.
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