…If completed, Canada’s first “carbon-casting” site could start operating in Valemount as early as next January, according to Graphyte, the company behind the plan. …The company is now negotiating with the Valemount Community Forest to secure a deal to build its proposed carbon-casting site in the local industrial park, four kilometres south of the town centre. In an email to The Tyee, Graphyte director of project development Murilo Amadeu said Valemount is a good option for the facility because of its proximity to a steady supply of wood fibre. …Drying the wood, compressing it and burying it aims to stop decomposition processes that release carbon into the air, said Graphyte scientific adviser Daniel Sanchez, who is also a professor at the University of California, Berkley. … Joe Nusse said the facility will be similar to a lumber kiln previously located at the mill site that also had to meet air quality regulations.