Investment will help build North America's first commercial full-scale carbon capture, utilization and storage system in the cement industry EDMONTON, AB, March 7, 2025 /CNW/ - Canada is supporting new technologies to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from heavy industries like cement and concrete. This is why, today, the Honourable François–Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, shared that ISED is working with Heidelberg Materials to finalize negotiation on a contribution agreement regarding its Edmonton carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) plant. This announcement builds on a 2023 memorandum of understanding between the Government of Canada and Heidelberg Materials to work toward providing up to a total of $275 million for Heidelberg's demonstration plant, the first of its kind in the cement industry in North America. The government has already entered into a $49 million contribution agreement to support the first phase of this project.