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HIGH HEAT SOLUTION The company began construction production process for silicon com- Posco Group plans to strengthen
Sabic opens speciality resin facility in Singapore of its silicon anode plant in April last posite material, from direct synthesis its competitiveness in next-generation
to coating.
battery materials, including silicon
year, completing the downstream pro-
cess of coating silicon composites in anodes, lithium metal anodes, and solid
Saudi Arabian chemicals major, April this year. As it now completed This will help Posco meet customer electrolytes. It also aims to secure
Sabic, recently launched its new the upstream synthesis process for requirements for battery material leadership in the lithium raw materials
$170-mn (S$220-mn) Ultem resin oxide-based silicon, seven months after performance, such as improved initial business and anode/cathode materials,
manufacturing facility in Singapore. fi nishing the coating process plant, charge/discharge effi ciency, the company in line with its seven future innovation
Posco Group now possesses the full said. tasks.
This is the company’s fi rst advanced
speciality chemical manufacturing JOINING FORCES
facility in the region producing the
high-performance thermoplastic poly- BASF announces carbon capture & storage partnership
etherimide (PEI) resin, which offers a
unique combination of thermal perfor- in Canada
mance, high modulus, dimensional sta-
bility, near-infrared transparency, and BASF and Canda’s Exterra Carbon
non-halogenated fl ame retardancy for a Solutions have entered into a memo-
wide range of demanding applications. randum of understanding (MoU) to
explore opportunities to deploy a com-
The new facility will support mercial scale carbon capture and stor-
Sabic’s goal of increasing global Ultem age (CCS) project in Quebec, Canada,
production by more than 50%, respond- Mr. Abdulrahman Al-Fageeh, CEO, tors, supporting the growth of advanced using a combination of BASF’s OASE
ing to the growing demand from high- Sabic commented, “The Ultem resin applications. Singapore’s widely net- gas treatment technology and Exterra’s
tech and manufacturing industries in facility refl ects our long-term commit- worked trade agreements also provide ‘Reactive Oxide to Carbonate System’
the Asia-Pacifi c region, including Japan ment to the region’s high-tech econo- us with competitive access to markets (ROC) as part of its integrated carbon
and China. mies and advanced manufacturing sec- in the region.” storage services.
ELECTRIC MOBILITY
The partnership is aimed at accele-
Posco readies silicon anode material plant in Korea rating the decarbonisation of Quebec’s
industrial sector, specifi cally targeting
South Korea’s Posco Group has hard-to-abate industries like the cement,
announced that its battery materials steel, gas-to-power and waste-to-energy
subsidiary, Posco Silicon Solution, sectors, which account for nearly 20 per- Exterra’s ROC technology, bol- in our journey. Unlike other methods
held a completion ceremony for its cent of global CO emissions, according stered by its low-carbon footprint that bury CO underground, our safe,
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silicon anode plant with an annual to the International Energy Agency. of magnesium oxides, will enhance surface-level CO sequestration solu-
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capacity of 550 tons in the Yeongilman BASF’s OASE gas treatment, and, to- tion offer a unique, groundbreaking
Industrial Complex in Pohang, North To pioneer the integration of carbon gether, they will transform captured approach,” said Mr. Olivier Dufresne,
Gyeongsang Province. capture and mineralisation into a single, CO into a stable mineral form. In CEO and Co-Founder, Exterra.
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scalable system, BASF will contri- addition, Exterra will provide additional
Silicon anode material is a bute gas treatment solutions that lay the value to participating industries by “By seamlessly integrating BASF’s
next-generation anode material that groundwork for robust carbon capture generating high-quality carbon credits and Exterra’s cutting-edge techno-
can increase energy density about four infrastructure. With its OASE blue tech- validated by third parties. Overall, the logies and leveraging our collective
times more than graphite anodes. It is nology, BASF will capture CO emis- partnership will increase transparency, expertise, we are pushing the bound-
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widely used in lithium-ion batteries, sions from industrial processes, ensuring safety and rapid scalability. aries of what’s possible in carbon
which allows for longer driving ranges the extracted CO is ready for immediate management, enhancing our ability
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and shorter charging times for electric vehicles. Posco aims to expand its an- technology startup Tera Technos mineralisation. Exterra will complement “This partnership is not only im- to deliver sustainable solutions to our
vehicles. nual silicon anode production capacity Co. in July 2022 to strengthen its BASF’s capabilities by providing ex-situ pactful for Exterra, as we are the customers,” added Mr. Todd Spenge-
to 25,000 tons by 2030. anode portfolio and actively respond carbon mineralisation services that fi rst Canadian carbon sequestration man, Business Director, Standard
The new plant can produce batte- to increasing demand and renamed it ensure permanent storage without risks company to partner with BASF, but Amines and Gas Treatment, BASF
ries for approximately 275,000 electric Posco Group acquired silicon anode Posco Silicon Solution. of leakage or reversal. it also represents a major milestone North America.

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