MITCHELL — A Mitchell-based cement plant was selected to receive up to $500 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for a major carbon reduction project, state and federal officials announced on Monday.

Heidelberg Materials North America is expected to use the federal dollars to bring online a system to capture and store carbon underground at the plant site. The project aims to capture at least 95% of the carbon dioxide released by the cement plant, which will prevent 2 million tons of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere each year.

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