Ssangyong C&E Moves Technology Research Center for the First Time in 44 Years... Accelerating 'Carbon Neutrality'

Full-Scale Progress of Research and Development Project for Carbon Emission Reduction and Increased Utilization of Circular Resources

Exterior view of Ssangyong C&E Technology Research Institute. [Photo by Ssangyong C&E]

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Jong-hwa] Ssangyong C&E has newly relocated its Technology Research Institute and is accelerating efforts to achieve carbon neutrality.

Ssangyong C&E recently expanded and relocated its Technology Research Institute to address the issue of declining space efficiency after 44 years since the completion of the previous research building, and to strengthen research and development (R&D) for carbon neutrality. The newly relocated Technology Research Institute is a three-story building with an area of 1,486㎡ located in Bugang-myeon, Sejong Special Self-Governing City, and is close to Ssangyong C&E’s logistics base (shipping base) and sales organization, which is expected to create synergy effects.

Ssangyong C&E’s Technology Research Institute, established in 1978 in Daejeon Metropolitan City as the first private company-affiliated research institute, has led various research efforts to develop and commercialize products such as Type 2 (moderate heat), Type 3 (blast furnace slag), Type 4 (low heat), and Type 5 (sulfate resistant) Portland cements, as well as low-heat, ultra-blast furnace slag, and ultra-rapid hardening cements, pioneering product development, quality improvement, and technological innovation in the industry.

With this relocation of the Technology Research Institute, Ssangyong C&E plans to more vigorously promote research and technology development for carbon neutrality.

First, through participation in the project supported by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy titled "Development of Technology to Reduce Bituminous Coal and Increase the Use of Waste Synthetic Resin," Ssangyong C&E has begun concrete research to reduce carbon emissions. The main objectives of this project are to optimize combustion and calcination processes to expand the use of recycled resources in existing kilns, control emissions of environmental pollutants, and maintain stable cement quality through R&D.

Since Ssangyong C&E has been making multifaceted efforts, including large-scale facility investments to replace bituminous coal with waste plastics for several years, it is expected that upon completion of this project, there will be a revolutionary reduction in greenhouse gas emissions generated from the combustion of fossil fuels.

Additionally, considering that greenhouse gas emissions released during the decomposition of limestone?the main raw material?by ultra-high temperatures account for about 60% of the total emissions in the cement industry, Ssangyong C&E is also promoting the development of commercialization technology for low-carbon cement that replaces part of the limestone with non-carbonate calcareous raw materials that generate no greenhouse gases.

Moreover, Ssangyong C&E is focusing on securing core technologies leading carbon neutrality and preparing concrete action plans to practice eco-friendliness and resource circulation, such as developing technology to further reduce clinker content in slag cement, which already has carbon reduction effects.

Choo Dae-young, head of the Technology Research Institute and concurrently Executive Vice President of Production, who is responsible for carbon neutrality R&D, said, "Based on the cement-related R&D technology accumulated over a long period, we will strive to contribute not only to Ssangyong C&E’s realization of coal phase-out by 2030 but also to achieving carbon neutrality in the domestic cement industry."

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