Japan’s Nippon Steel-led group to forge technology to turn CO2 into paraxylene

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Japan’s Nippon Steel hopes to capitalize on its carbon dioxide emissions as it hopes to develop technology to produce paraxylene from carbon dioxide, the steelmaker said July 14, in line with nationwide efforts to reduce CO2 emissions. The steelmaker is part of a group, comprised of the University of Toyama, Chiyoda Corp., Nippon Steel Engineering, Nippon Steel Corp., HighChem and Mitsubishi Corp., to develop the new technology.