Facts:

The ArcelorMittal & ULCOS (Ultra-Low-CO₂-Steel) consortium has decided to cooperate on a project on industry-CCS, where post-combustion CO2 capture will be applied on a steel plant. The project has applied for funding from NER300, and was submitted by the French Government to the European Investment Bank in May 2011. Read ZERO article.

The demo project is expected to capture 0,5 Mt / yr, which will be transported up to 100 km via pipeline for storage in onshore saline formations.

The purpose of this demonstration project is to assess the suitability of the Florange site for retrofitting a CO₂ capture and storage prototype project to an iron and steel manufacturing plant.  As an industry, iron and steel manufacturing are significant sources of CO₂ emissions to the atmosphere.  Proponent ArcelorMittal has set-up a wholly-owned subsidiary company, ArcelorMittal Geo Lorraine, to manage the capture, transport and injection components of the project.

Construction could commence 2012/2013, and the carbon storage could ideally start in 2015.