Press Release
July 15, 2020
Idemitsu Kosan Co.,LtdUbe Industries, Ltd.
JGC CorporationJGC Japan Corporation
Seikei University
Tohoku University“Research and Development of an Accelerated Mineral Carbonation Process Utilizing
Calcium in Industrial Wastes” Selected as a Commissioned Research andDevelopment Project by NEDO
–Accelerating the Development and Practical Application of New Technologies for the Recycling of
CO2 Emitted from Power Plants, Factories, etc. Through Industry-academia-government
Collaboration–

JGC Corporation and JGC Japan Corporation, in collaboration with the other companiesand universities indicated below, have been developing technologies to convert CO2emitted from thermal power plants and factories into resources by making use of industrialwaste. The partners proposed “Research and development of an accelerated mineralcarbonation process utilizing calcium in industrial wastes” in response to a public call fromthe New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) for project
proposals in “Development of Technologies for Carbon Recycling and Next-Generation
Thermal Power Generation / Development of Technologies for CO2 Reduction andUtilization / Development of Technologies for CO2 Utilization in Carbonates, Concrete
Products, and Concrete Structures.” The proposal was selected as a commissioned
research and development project in the Development of Technologies for CO2 Utilizationin Carbonates, Concrete Products, and Concrete Structures category.
The commission period for this project is five years from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2024. The partners willconduct technology development aimed at the practical application and spread of a process for
extracting calcium as a raw material from industrial waste containing a lot of calcium, such as waste
concrete, and mineralizing it through reaction with CO2 in exhaust gas. In order to increase theefficiency of calcium extraction and carbonation, the partners will also conduct tests and evaluations
on accelerated carbonation technology, establish technology while optimizing the overall process,and evaluate the CO2 reduction effect.
With the selection of this project, the partners will engage in industry-academia-government
collaboration to develop new technologies related to the mineralization of CO2 emitted from power
plants and factories, and accelerate efforts for their practical implementation in a wide range ofareas, from raw material procurement to application development.
■ Partners
Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd (Shunichi Kito, Representative Director President and CEO)Ube Industries, Ltd. (Masato Izumihara, President & Representative Director)
JGC Corporation (Yutaka Yamazaki, Representative Director, President)
JGC Japan Corporation (Shoji Yamada, Representative Director, President)
Seikei University (Hiroshi Kitagawa, President)
Tohoku University (Hideo Ohno, President)
Reference: Image of CO2 mineral carbonation through carbonation and its utilization

Contact
Rika Takimoto
Public Relations Department Public Relations Section, Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd.
Email: public.relations@idss.co.jp
Kojin Kudo
CSR & General Affairs Dept., Ube Industries, Ltd.
Email: 35186u@ube-ind.co.jp
URL: http://www.ube.co.jp/Akihiro Yamagami / Seiji Minami
Corporate Communication Group, Group Management Development Dept.,
JGC Holdings Corporation
Tel: 81-45-682-8026
Email: yamagami.akihiro@jgc.com, minami.seiji@jgc.com
Mariko Takano
Public Relations Group, Seikei Gakuen / Seikei University
Email: koho@jim.seikei.ac.jp
Tomoe Ito
PR Section, IMRAM, Tohoku university
Email: press.tagen@grp.tohoku.ac.jp
URL: http://www.tagen.tohoku.ac.jp/