Kapture links up with Deakin’s REACH, aims to trial fertiliser from diesel exhaust in late-2026

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Melbourne start-up Kapture has announced a partnership with Deakin University’s Recycling and Clean Energy Commercialisation Hub (REACH), aimed at progressing a device capturing carbon dioxide from combustion engines and converting the gas into fertiliser. According to a statement from Deakin on Wednesday, Kapture’s technology can be retrofitted to collect diesel pollution from generators, widely used…

Boral claims carbon capture milestone in recycled aggregate trial

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Building products company Boral has claimed an Australian first, producing concrete incorporating recycled aggregates that  were “recarbonated” to store carbon dioxide from process emissions. According to a statement from the company – which is owned by ASX-listed SGH – on Monday, it took reclaimed concrete aggregates from its Widemere recycling facility, which were then used…

Best of the week — the five most popular stories among readers, July 22 – July 26, 2024

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What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to @AuManufacturing were reading. 5) Civmec and Austal join forces for landing ship bid Engineering firm Civmec and shipbuilder Austal have executed a memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to form a Joint Venture (JV) to submit a proposal to the government to support the project LAND8710…

KC8 raises cash, deploys tech in cement sector

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Carbon capture technology company KC8 Capture Technologies has raised $10 million to accelerate the deployment of its technology to critical and hard-to-abate industries. The funding round was led by local and global leaders in energy, construction and chemical manufacturing including Woodside Energy, Cemex Ventures (Cemex), and a major petrochemical company. Founded in 2021, KC8 technology…