LafargeHolcim launches carbon capture project

The carbon capture project, titled Project CO₂MENT, is a joint partnership between Lafarge Canada, Inventys and Total.

Project CO₂MENT will build the ‘world’s first’ full-cycle solution to capture and re-use CO₂ from a cement plant whilst reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

The collaborative project will showcase Inventy’s CO₂ capture system and a selection of LafargeHolcim’s carbon utilisation technologies at its Richmond, British Columbia, Canada cement plant.

“LafargeHolcim is committed to reducing CO₂ emissions and we are excited to join forces with Inventys and Total through Project CO₂MENT,” said René Thibault, LafargeHolcim’s Region Head, North America.

“We hope to discover ways to capture emissions from our production process and reuse them in our products, advancing a circular economy even further today.”

During the first phrase of the project, the partners will work on purifying the cement flue gas in preparation for CO₂ capture. The second phrase will focus on the separation of CO₂ from flue gas using a customised cement version of Inventy’s carbon capture technology at pilot scale.

As part of the final phrase, the captured CO₂ will be prepared for reuse and support the economical assessment and demonstration of CO₂ conversion technologies onsite, such as CO₂ injected concrete and fly ash.