Rio Tinto, Shougang commission 10,000-tonne CO2 capture trial facility for blast furnace gas

• Rio Tinto commissioned an industrial-scale carbon-capture trial facility with Shougang to cut steelmaking emissions from blast furnace gas.
• Plant at Shougang’s Jingtang base processes 3,000 cubic meters of blast furnace gas per hour.
• Annual capture capacity set at 10,000 tonnes of CO₂; integrated into ironmaking operations for long-term trials.
• Project follows a smaller pilot commissioned in 2024 under a 2022 decarbonization technology MoU.
• Partners are assessing CO₂ use, including conversion to syngas for recycling into steelmaking to reduce new carbon needs.

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