India, Oct. 6 -- Holcim AG (HOLN.SW), a building materials company, said Tuesday it has begun capturing Carbon dioxide (CO2) at its Fujairah cement plant in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and permanently storing it underground as solid rock using technology developed by carbon removal company 44.01.
The project is the UAE's first live-condition carbon capture and underground mineralization pilot in the cement industry.
The technology captures CO2 from the plant's flue gas daily and transports it to a nearby site, where it is injected into reactive ultramafic rock formations and converted into stable carbonate rock.
Mineralization naturally occurs when CO2 reacts with rocks such as peridotite, while 44.01's technology accelerates the proc...