Air Products South Africa invests in CO2 expansion project

Air Products South Africa has invested R100m ($6.7m) in a CO₂ expansion and refurbishment project at the Newcastle Facility in ZwaZulu-Natal and an upgrade at the National Petroleum Refiners of South Africa (Natref) facility in Sasolburg.

The growing food and beverage industry, the largest consumer of CO₂, has been identified as a target market in line with the long-term strategic vision for the CO₂ business at Air Products.

Air Products’ CO₂ facility in Newcastle has the capacity to produce and recover large quantities of CO₂ from blast furnace off-gas, but the facility’s capacity to liquify gas was limited.