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CARBON CAPTURE

BASF and Svante scale up production of metal-organic

frameworks

BASF said it has become the first for carbon capture projects. The collabo-
company to produce metal-organic ration with Svante is expected to help
frameworks (MOFs) on a production significantly reduce carbon emissions
scale of “several hundred tons per in various industrial sectors including
year”. hydrogen, pulp & paper, cement, steel,
aluminium and chemicals.
MOFs are highly crystalline struc-
tures with nanometre-sized pores and a “We are very happy to partner with
large surface area. This structure offers Svante and to be able to apply our
a high capacity for the storage of car- scale-up and production expertise. We
bon dioxide (CO ), the dehumidifica- are proud to be the first company to
2
tion of air for room climate control, and Canadian carbon capture and removal produce MOFs successfully on a large
the adsorption of the greenhouse gas, solutions provider, Svante Technologies commercial scale for carbon capture.
methane. Inc. The inter disciplinary BASF team MOFs have the potential to be a step
of researchers, scale-up experts and change in our efforts to reduce CO
2
BASF has developed expertise on engineers worked collaboratively on emissions and can bring our partners
the scale-up and production of MOFs, the scale-up by converting the Svante and their customers closer to reaching
and can tailor MOFs to customers’ lab recipe into a safe plant procedure their net zero targets,” said Mr. Detlef
needs and specifications. It has suc- for large scale production. The MOFs Ruff, Senior Vice President, Process
cessfully completed its first project for produced will be used as solid sorbents Catalysts at BASF.
LOGISTICS

Solvay and Vancouver Bulk Terminal to build soda

ash shipping facility in US
Solvay and Vancouver Bulk Termi-
nal (VBT), a bulk commodity shipping
and logistics expert, have announced a
collaboration for the “redevelopment
of Terminal 2, Berth 7 at the Port of
Vancouver USA, in Washington State”.
Reconstruction is set to begin in 2024
and expected to be completed by early
2026. The facility is poised to become a
key global outlet for the export of soda
ash from North America.

The newly designed terminal will
have the capability to annually process export capacity to the North American and implementing innovative solutions
more than 2.5-mt of soda ash. The soda ash industry, which is recognised to reduce the port’s ecological foot-
expanded capacity will support the previ- as the world’s fastest-growing soda ash print. VBT’s plans include improved
ously announced expansion of Solvay’s producing region. The Terminal 2 is rail service, all new enclosed storage
Green River, Wyoming soda ash opera- tailored for bulk soda ash storage and and conveyance, and a modern efficient
tions. The terminal will also add crucial handling, enhancing international trade ship loader design.

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