Leading Chinese cement producer, Anhui Conch Cement Co. Ltd, reported a CNY50 million investment in carbon capture and utilisation research in 2017, according to the company’s 2017 Social Responsibility Report.
With the investment, the company is constructing a carbon capture and purification demonstration project at Baimashan cement plant. The demonstration project is due to go into operation in 1H18.
The project forms part of China’s commitment to reduce its carbon emissions under its Intended Nationally Determined Contributions agreed as part of the Paris Agreement. It also ties in with the company’s target of “turning waste into value”, Anhui Conch said.