- Suvo Strategic Minerals (SUV) signs a partnership agreement with Curtin Uni to investigate the application of high reactivity metakaolin (HRM) as a sustainable solution in decarbonising “green concrete” cement
- The agreement aligns with Suvo’s strategy to supply minerals critical to decarbonising the global economy
- HRM will be the investigative focus of the Curtin team led by Dr Thong Pham which seeks to understand the commercial potential of HRM, using a sample from Suvo’s White Cloud Kaolin Project in Western Australia
- HRM is accepted by the concrete industry as an additive (pozzolan) for applications that require ultra-high performance, high strength lightweight concrete whose CO2 emissions are significantly lower, showing potential to half the industry’s emissions when compared to conventional Portland cement
- SUV shares are down 5.43 per cent, trading at 8.7 cents per share
Suvo Strategic Minerals (SUV) has signed a partnership agreement with Curtin University to investigate the application of high reactivity metakaolin (HRM) as a sustainable solution in decarbonising “green concrete” cement.
The agreement aligns with Suvo’s strategy to supply minerals critical to decarbonising the global economy.
HRM is already used and accepted by the concrete industry as an additive (pozzolan) for applications that require ultra-high performance, high strength lightweight concrete whose CO2 emissions are significantly lower, showing potential to half the industry’s emissions when compared to conventional Portland cement.
Senior Lecturer of the School of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at Curtin Dr Thong Pham commented that the adoption of green concrete in the industry “has been hindered due to the poor and variable quality of low carbon materials”.
“Suvo metakaolin will potentially be flash calcined to minimise carbon footprint and simultaneously provide optimum properties for use as a pozzolan, allowing for high cement replacement to significantly reduce CO2 emissions and improve concrete performance,” he said.
“Our research will focus on the viability and impact that HRM can have on rapidly decarbonising the global cement industry”.
Under the agreement, Phase 1 of the project will largely focus on a literary review and data analysis to evaluate the feasibility and potential for the HRM application.
The team from Curtin led by Dr Thong Pham will first carry out a comprehensive investigation on the commercial potential of HRM in the concrete industry.
Following the first investigation, the team will then investigate the global potential of HRM, including investigating its technical benefits and conducting a life cycle assessment of HRM based concrete using a sample of HRM product produced from Suvo’s White Cloud Kaolin Project in Western Australia.
This collaboration is in-line with the Cement & Concrete industry’s released statement outlining its ambition to deliver net zero carbon cement and concrete to Australian society by 2050.
SUV shares were down 5.43 per cent, trading at 8.7 cents per share at 3:05 pm AEDT.