Net Zero means to avoid and remove CO2.
We can do both.
The world needs to cut emissions in half by 2030.
1.5 degrees isn't a goal or target, it's a physical limit. Hard-to-abate sectors such as cement, steel, mining, chemicals, and manufacturing emit over 6 billion tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere every year.
The transition will require more than just renewable energy.
The ultimate flexibility of our technology is a key advantage for global scaling, with the addressable market including both emissions’ abatement customers and new low carbon and negative emissions materials manufacturers.
MCi Carbon stands at the forefront of carbon capture innovation.
We can tackle both short-term CO2 avoidance and long-term atmospheric carbon removal. Due to the saleable materials created, our business model doesn't solely rely on a carbon price to be profitable.
Pioneers of Mineral Carbonation Innovation
MCi Carbon can offer a carbon capture and use solution to emitting industries which transforms their CO2 into saleable materials. Our team has re-engineered the Earth's natural process of storing CO2 called mineral carbonation.
This process of reacting CO2 with minerals usually occurs over millions of years geologically. We've accelerated this process for use in industrial settings.
Since 2016, MCi Carbon has been operating a semi-continuous global reference pilot plant, conducting intensive industrial programs to develop and refine the patented mineral carbonation process. We've successfully demonstrated CO2 abatement and generated low-carbon materials for product testing with prospective customers.
Three basic elements for success
1CO2 Source
MCi can capture direct flue gases, meaning the CO2 used in the process does not need to be high purity. This means we can integrate directly into your facility
2Mineral Feedstock
We react CO2 with a mineral feedstock, usually an industrial waste like steel slag, mine tailings or raw quarried minerals. This process is low-temperature and low-pressure and is over 90% energy efficient.
3Markets for Low-Carbon Materials
The process results in the creation of saleable low-carbon materials, magnesium carbonate, calcium carbonate and/or amorphous silica. Offtake partners
Product Applications
All our low carbon materials are safe and have permanently locked away the CO2 used to create them. We are working with industry groups and standards bodies for accreditation of our materials for use in construction and building materials.
Negative emissions plasterboard
Fire retardant, light weight and has approx. 50% embodied emissions by weight.
MCi Carbon Bricks
Concrete created using MCi Supplementary Cementitious Materials (SCMs).
Consumer Products
Our team is currently working on a range of new low-carbon and negatiuve emissions materials.
MCi Carbon technology scale-up has begun
One of the world's first and largest mineral carbonation plants is under construction right now in Newcastle, Australia
Over a decade of research and development
Our Mission
To lock away a billion tonnes of CO2 by 2040
We're scaling our operations to build Carbon Plants, converting CO2 emissions into profitable carbonates for use in construction, consumer products, and more.
This groundbreaking approach supports a circular economy, offering double carbon reduction and generating high-quality, verifiable carbon offsets.
As a pioneer in Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU), our safe and permanent mineral carbonation process has the potential to lock away millions of tonnes of industrial CO2 annually.
Intellectual Property (IP)
Backed by technoeconomic studies and a suite of patents
MCi has been developing its technology platform through industrial-led research and under the protection of research and commercial secrecy, allow the team to gain extensive knowledge in the emerging field of carbon capture and utilization (CCU).
This research has involved testing and exploring numerous novel process routes that are now incorporated into a unique carbon platform.
All processes are supported by lifecycle analysis, carbon lifecycle assessments, and industry economic models. Research and development has been conducted under observation and peer review of governments, customers, and investors.
MCi holds several key patents worldwide, but in order to maintain intellectual property advantage, much of the technology stack is kept commercially secret and is not publicly disclosed or published.
Scaling Up
Accelerating towards commercialization
MCi recently achieved a major milestone when it was awarded a grant from the Australian Government in June 2021 to construct its first industrial-scale demonstration Carbon Plant in Newcastle, Australia.
Dubbed "Australia's CCU Flagship," this plant is called Myrtle, and construction began in December 2023.
In collaboration with global customers, MCi have been conducting techno-economic studies, pilot programs, and developing demonstration projects. At industrial scale, the MCi Carbon Plants have the potential to process over one million tonnes of carbon dioxide per plant per year, permanently removing emissions and operating profitably.
Leading the field in CCU
Different to Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)
Mineral Carbonation has become a significant area of research and development due to its potential to safely and permanently remove large amounts of carbon dioxide emissions. It is classified as a carbon capture and utilization (CCU) technology.
One common question posed to MCi is whether mineral carbonation is economically viable at scale. In 2021, the CO2 Utilisation Roadmap, an independent techno-economic study conducted by Australia's national science agency CSIRO, found that MCi's mineral carbonation technology can profitably remove emissions at scale.
MCi's work and technology differ from those being developed in the field of carbon capture and storage (CCS). The CCU field is starting to receive substantial funding from national governments in countries such as the US, UK, EU, Canada, Singapore, Finland, Holland, South Africa, and China.
Award-winning & Emissions-avoiding
#1 Global Cleantech at COP26, against 2700 competitors
- 2023 National Winner, Net Zero Industries Awards - Mission Innovation
- 2023 Circular Transition Prize, 34th National Banksia Sustainability Awards
- 2023 Finalist, Energy Tech Challenger
- 2023 AUNZ Climate Tech 100 — Holon IQ
- 2023 Hello Tomorrow Deep Tech Pioneer
- 2022 NSW Clean Technology Prize — The Banksia Foundation
- 2022 Technology Winner — The New York Times, T Australia
- 2022 Global Finalist — Xtreme Tech Challenge
Subscribe to Our Newsletter
Copyright © 2023 MCi Carbon (MCi). All rights reserved.