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Rio Tinto commissions carbon capture pilot at Shougang Jingtang steel base

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6 October 2026

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Rio Tinto has launched a pilot carbon capture unit at Shougang Jingtang steel base in China to capture CO2 from blast furnace gas, aiming to capture up to 10,000 tonnes of CO2 annually during the trial phase. The pilot supports low-carbon tech development in steelmaking, providing data to assess commercial carbon capture retrofits across China's steel sector.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Industrial.

◆ ◆ The Wire takeaway

Steelmakers now have a tested carbon capture tech starting to prove retrofitting blast furnaces is possible. You in industrial materials need to prepare for tougher decarbonisation demands and client pressure rising across the supply chain.

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