The Nippon Denko Co., Ltd. applied for the "Program to Develop and Promote the Commercialization of Energy Conservation Technologies to Realize a Decarbonized Society", which is publicly offered by New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), and our "Study on Carbon Neutral Energy Conservation Technologies in Ferromanganese Manufacturing" was adopted as the feasibility study survey phase.

One of our mainstay products, ferroalloy (high-carbon ferromanganese), is manufactured through a reduction process that removes oxygen from naturally occurring manganese ore. This reduction reaction inevitably produces CO₂ emissions because coal coke is currently the optimal fuel for the process.

The theme adopted for this project is "Study on Carbon Neutral Energy Conservation Technologies in Ferromanganese Manufacturing". We plan to extensively investigate new reduction technologies that can replace coal coke, and conduct feasibility studies on processes and R&D frameworks that can be decarbonized and can be expected to have significant energy-saving effects. Based on this study, we will work to develop and commercialize an innovative manufacturing process to reduce CO₂ emissions generated in the ferroalloy manufacturing process.

The Nippon Denko Group recognizes global climate change as a major threat to the survival of humanity, thus we consider "Achieving Carbon Neutrality by 2050 for Sustainable Earth Environment and Decarbonized Society" as a crucial issue in our sustainability management. We will continue to promote this initiative.