Boral-led team investigates calcined clay in lower-carbon concrete

Building materials company Boral is developing a lower-carbon concrete product using calcined clay as an alternative supplementary cementitious material (SCM.) The has announced that it is leading a two-year SmartCrete CRC-backed project, also involving the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Transport for NSW, and industrial process specialist Calix, aimed at “further demonstrate the technical feasibility…

$65 million in grants awarded through Carbon Capture Technologies Program

The federal government has awarded $65 million in grants to seven organisations through the Carbon Capture Technologies Program (CCTP), including building materials startup MCi Carbon, solvent technology business KC8 Capture Technologies and battery material company Novalith.    According to a statement from the department of climate change on Tuesday, the funded projects “will cut emissions…

Low emissions lithium processing project gets underway

Low emissions technology developer Calix has announced that the Mid-Stream Demonstration Plant Project which aims to demonstrate sustainable lithium processing utilising renewable power has begun construction. The project, a joint venture with Pilbara Minerals at their Pilgangoora Project, moved into the construction phase in the June Quarter 2024, according to a statement. The project aims…

Calix technology to be used for direct CO2 capture

Industrial technology developer Calix has announced that its licensee, US company Heirloom, will utilise the company’s decarbonisation technologies in the construction of two direct air carbon capture facilities. Heirloom has announced they will build co-located direct air capture (DAC) facilities in Shreveport, Louisiana capable of removing 320,000 tons of CO2 per year. Heirloom has licensed…

Calix and Heidelberg Materials sign JV for low emissions cement plant

Industrial technology company Calix’s subsidiary, Leilac Limited and German cement manufacturer Heidelberg Materials have formed a JV to build and operate the Leilac-2 low emission cement demonstration plant (pictured) at Heidelberg’ Ennigerloh facility in Germany. Construction of the Leilac-2 plant, which utilises Calix’s externally heated kiln is expected to commence in 2025 with commissioning expected…