ArcelorMittal, LanzaTech Reached Carbon Recycling Milestone at Ghent Facility

SEATTLE (Scrap Monster): Leading steelmaker ArcelorMittal and LanzaTech Global Inc. announced successful commencement of production from the steelmaker’s commercial flagship carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) facility in Ghent, Belgium.

The facility had deployed LanzaTech’s cutting-edge carbon recycling process. The milestone development will provide big boost in advancement of EU’s 2030 Climate Target Plan and a circular economy.

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The bio-based process by LanzaTech captures carbon-rich waste gases from steelmaking and biologically convert them into advanced ethanol. The state-of-the-art process ferments gases and uses biocatalyst instead of yeast. The first gases from the steel mill’s blast furnace were safely introduced to biocatalyst in May 2023.

The initial samples containing ethanol were produced this week. The plant will now slated to achieve commercial-scale production of ethanol from bioreactors, with production expected to ramp up in the coming months. The ethanol will be jointly marketed by ArcelorMiuttal and LanzaTech under the Carbalyst brand name and can be used as a building block to produce a variety of new products.

The facility has capacity to produce nearly 80 million litres of advanced ethanol per year, the company press release noted.