Chemical plant to mine carbon dioxide

Fuel Fix:
What is hailed as the latest step in clean-air green technology got its worldwide start in San Antonio on Monday.

Skyonic Corp. broke ground in Northeast San Antonio for Capitol SkyMine, a $126 million chemical plant. The facility will convert a portion of the carbon dioxide emissions from the Capitol Aggregates Inc. cement plant into minerals that will be converted into products to be sold on the open market.

The technology to mineralize carbon dioxide emissions from industrial plants is considered a breakthrough.

Austin-based Skyonic will build Capitol SkyMine in a partnership with the owner of the cement plant, San Antonio’s Zachry Corp. The facility, to be built adjacent to the cement plant, will employ about 35 workers directly and is scheduled for completion in late 2014.

Transport fuels: Shell announces Gulf Coast site for potential multibillion-dollar plant

When the plant turns out products, such as hydrochloric acid for use in the hydraulic fracturing drilling process in the Eagle Ford Shale area, and baking soda, an estimated 200 additional jobs will result indirectly, mostly for product distribution and transportation.
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If the process is viable, it will make much more sense than what the EPA has been pushing to date.  It also is a way of turning what has been seen as a waste into a profitable product.  The facility is being built by a company out of Thailand.

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