BHP to Trial Carbon Capture With Major Chinese Steelmaker

BHP Group Ltd., the world’s biggest miner, is entering a joint venture with Chinese steelmaker HBIS Group Co. to test carbon capture technology that it says could reduce emissions from heavily-polluting mills.

The small pilot project will test a technology to capture waste carbon dioxide from steel mills before it escapes into the atmosphere. It would then use that C02 in industrial materials and the food industry. The pilot would draw on a $15 million joint fund, BHP said in a statement on Monday.

The project with the major Chinese steelmaker is part of Melbourne-based BHP’s push ...