LanzaTech

ArcelorMittal expands partnership with carbon capture and re-use specialist LanzaTech through US$30 million investment

📅 Date: December 9, 2021

🔖 Topics: Funding Event

🏢 Organizations: ArcelorMittal, LanzaTech

ArcelorMittal (‘the Company’) today announces it has made a US$30 million investment in carbon recycling company, LanzaTech through its XCarb™ innovation fund, the fourth investment the Company has made through the fund since its launch in March 2021.

The investment further expands ArcelorMittal’s relationship with LanzaTech, which commenced in 2015 when the Company first announced plans to utilise LanzaTech’s carbon capture and re-use technology at its plant in Ghent, Belgium. The €180 million Carbalyst® plant – ArcelorMittal’s flagship carbon capture and re-use technology project - is currently under construction, with commissioning expected before the end of 2022. Also known as the Steelanol project, funding has been obtained from various sources, including from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 program, the European Investment Bank and the Belgian and Flemish governments.

Read more at ArcelorMittal Press Release