(Kitco News) - Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A and TECK.B) today announced a Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS) pilot project at its Trail Operations metallurgical complex in southern British Columbia.
The company said that the CCUS pilot supports Teck’s Net-Zero Climate Change Strategy including its goal to reduce the carbon intensity of its operations by 33% by 2030 and achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.
Teck noted that the pilot plant will capture carbon dioxide (CO2) from the Acid Plant flue gas at Trail Operations at a rate of 3 tonnes per day, adding that the pilot project will also evaluate options for the utilization and/or storage of the captured CO2 at Trail Operations.
The CCUS pilot is expected to begin operation in the second half of 2023.
“This carbon capture pilot is an important step towards our knowledge building for the application of carbon capture, utilization and storage as an emissions reduction solution, as we work to evaluate pathways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across our operations and achieve our net-zero goal,” stated Don Lindsay, President and CEO. “The pilot also provides us with a technical platform to assist our steelmaking coal customers in materially reducing the carbon intensity of their steel production.”
If successful, the project could be scaled up to an industrial CCUS plant with the potential to capture over 100,000 tonnes of CO2 per year at Trail Operations, the equivalent emissions of more than 20,000 cars, the company added.
Teck is one of Canada’s leading mining companies producing copper, zinc, and steelmaking coal, as well as investing in energy assets.
