Anmi will carry out project trials related to carbon capture, utilization and storage technology in Europe and the United States

Recently, ArcelorMittal (hereinafter referred to as Ammi) announced that it is working with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering Corporation, Mitsubishi Development Corporation, and BHP to develop carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) technology-related projects in EU countries and the United States. test.
The four companies will first test the system developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering on a large scale at Ammi’s Ghent steel plant in Belgium (with an annual production capacity of 5 million tons) and a steel plant in the United States (not yet confirmed).

Among them, the Ghent steel plant project consists of two phases. In the first phase, Ammi will capture carbon dioxide from the blast furnace, with plans to capture 300 kilograms per day. Anmi said the second phase of the project involved testing the separation and capture of carbon dioxide from exhaust gases from reheat furnaces in hot rolling mills. The reheat furnace burns an industrial gas mixture including coke gas, blast furnace gas and natural gas. Ghent Steel will also start running the “Steelanol” demonstration project at the end of this year, which aims to capture gas from blast furnaces and convert the collected gas into ethanol.

Manfred Van Vlierberghe, CEO of AMMI Belgium, said in a statement: “We are developing two routes to decarbonize steelmaking: smart carbon use and innovative direct reduced iron. Both All routes will contribute in our journey towards decarbonizing steelmaking. The smart carbon use route can also integrate carbon capture and utilization (CCU) technology and carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology to capture the carbon dioxide emitted by the steelmaking process .”
Anmi stated that its goal is to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 35% (compared to 2018 levels) in European operating areas by 2030, and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 30% (compared to 2018 levels) in all operating areas worldwide.
According to reports, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering will provide technical support for related project trials, while BHP Billiton and Mitsubishi Development Corporation will provide financial support for related project trials.
BHP Billiton vigorously carried out cooperation projects, and successively carried out similar cooperation projects with China Baowu, Hegang Group, Posco, JFE Steel, Tata Steel and other enterprises.

According to the International Energy Agency, carbon capture, utilization and storage technology is a key solution for carbon reduction in hard-to-achieve carbon reduction areas such as steelmaking, and should be used in more than 53% of primary steel production in the EU by 2050. to achieve its carbon neutrality goals.
At present, there are few steel manufacturers in the world investing in R&D projects related to CCUS. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering has developed the “KM CDR ProcessTM for CO2 capture” technology in cooperation with Kansai Electric Power Company. So far, the technology has been applied in 16 factories around the world.