MCi Carbon (MCi) is a world-leading and award-winning Australian clean technology company transforming carbon dioxide (CO2) into building products and other valuable materials for the circular carbon economy. Based in Canberra, MCi Carbon has a technical headquarters in Newcastle, a global reference pilot plant at the Newcastle Institute of Energy and Resources (NIER) and is currently constructing Australia’s carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) flagship, Myrtle, scheduled for completion in 2024.
Founded in 2013, MCi’s proprietary mineral carbonation technology is a low-cost, low-pressure, low-energy chemical engineering process to transform CO2 emissions from hard-to-abate industries, such as steel, cement, chemical and mining, into solid materials for use in a range of products.
MCi Carbon featured at the Australia Pavilion at COP28, with Myrtle announced as the Mission Innovation Net-Zero Industries Awards 2023 National Winner – Australia in the Outstanding Projects category. Recently awarded the Circular Transition Award at the 34th National Banksia Sustainability Awards and the NSW Clean Technology Award, in 2021 MCi won first prize at the Clean Energy Start-up Pitch Battle at COP26 in Glasgow. Other global accolades include the 2018 Resource Innovator of the Year Award at the New Materials Summit in Berlin and being featured at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, building momentum as a global brand and a leader in carbon capture and utilisation (CCU).
Recently featured in Financial Times, Bloomberg, Forbes, SBS World News and the Australian Financial Review, MCi Founder & CEO Marcus Dawe and Co-Founder & COO Sophia Hamblin Wang were named in the Top 100 Australian Green Power Players, published in The Australian.
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