CarbonCure, MIT lab dive deep into CO2 mineralization in concrete

Sources: CarbonCure Technologies, Halifax, N.S.; CP staff A new Massachusetts Institute of Technology Masic Lab collaboration extends 10-plus years of CarbonCure Technologies research on carbon dioxide utilization and mineralization in fresh and finished concrete. Armed with advanced analytical spectroscopy and microscopy tools common in cement or aggregate quality control, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Admir Masic will lead…

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Manufacturers – January 2025

CarbonCure Technologies of Halifax, N.S. has named Dave Donaldson as senior vice president of Sales & Marketing and Brad Vickers as inaugural vice president of Customer Success. A Command Akon veteran, Donaldson is an accomplished sales and marketing executive with decades of experience driving strategic growth and connecting the ready mixed concrete industry to high-return software and hardware solutions. He…

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CarbonCure opens carbon credit revenue streams to precast producers

Sources: CarbonCure Technologies, Halifax, N.S.; CP staff A December 2024 update to the Verra Verified Carbon Standard Methodology VM0043 for CO2 Utilization in Concrete Production enables CarbonCure Technologies-equipped precast concrete producers to generate credits in line with their ready mixed production counterparts. Over the past three years, CarbonCure ready mixed producer partners in North America and overseas markets have shared in…

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An enthusiastic White House nod to concrete and cement brands

Familiar names dominate a new White House report on Federal Buy Clean Initiative and Department of Energy (DOE) Industrial Demonstration Program progress. The administration salutes six concrete or cement producers, CO2-mineralizing process developer CarbonCure Technologies, and four cementitious material startup companies for corporate or project-specific commitments outlined in response to Buy Clean and Industrial Demonstrations calls to action. Commitments referencing…

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CarbonCure brings home Heirloom Direct Air Capture carbon dioxide

CarbonCure Technologies, Halifax, Nova Scotia, and its concrete producer licensees will mineralize and permanently store atmospheric carbon dioxide from Heirloom Carbon Technology Direct Air Capture (DAC) assemblies under a two-year agreement. The plan advances the DAC-to-concrete storage pathway demonstrated earlier this year at the Central Concrete Supply Co. headquarters plant in San Jose, Calif.  Based in Brisbane, Calif., Heirloom Carbon…

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AASHTO M194 performance opens CarbonCure specs to new avenues

Testing of CarbonCure Technologies’ carbon dioxide injection method for cement optimization and imparting strength development in ready mixed concrete has proved compliant with American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials M194, Standard Specification for Chemical Admixtures for Concrete. Verification by SGS TEC Services provides state transportation agencies, engineers and contractors with confidence to integrate the CarbonCure process into their…

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CarbonCure, Heirloom pave path for Direct Air Capture, storage of CO2

Sources: CarbonCure Technologies, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Heirloom Carbon Technology, Brisbane, Calif.; CP staff CarbonCure Technologies and its concrete producer licensees will mineralize and permanently store atmospheric carbon dioxide from Heirloom Carbon Technology Direct Air Capture (DAC) assemblies under an agreement through early 2025. The plan advances the DAC-to-concrete storage pathway demonstrated earlier this year at the Central Concrete Supply headquarters…

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CarbonCure CO2 injection process meets AASHTO M194 admixtures standard

Sources: CarbonCure Technologies, Halifax, N.S.; CP staff  Testing of CarbonCure Technologies’ carbon dioxide injection method for cement optimization and imparting strength development in ready mixed concrete has proved compliant with American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials M194, Standard Specification for Chemical Admixtures for Concrete. Verification by SGS TEC Services provides state transportation agencies, engineers and contractors with confidence…

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Swiss investor leads syndicate behind blockbuster CarbonCure funding round

A major investment by Blue Earth Capital of Switzerland, concurrent with a broader collaborative funding round north of $80 million, positions CarbonCure Technologies to accelerate a plant process and information technology roadmap driving carbon dioxide utilization and sequestration in concrete. The capital infusion was announced days after Nova Scotia-based CarbonCure surpassed 750 CO2 metering and dosing equipment installations at concrete…

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Investors turbocharge CarbonCure concrete, CO2 management pursuits

Sources: CarbonCure Technologies, Halifax, Nova Scotia; CP staff A major investment by Blue Earth Capital of Switzerland, concurrent with a broader collaborative funding round north of $80 million, positions CarbonCure Technologies to accelerate a plant process and information technology roadmap driving carbon dioxide utilization and sequestration in concrete. The capital infusion was announced days after CarbonCure surpassed 750 CO2 metering and…

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