Biography.

Since 2015 a chunk of my time has involved working as a consultant for Cambridge Carbon Capture Ltd. We have been lucky enough to receive a series of grants that have allowed us to examine ways of digesting abundant magnesium silicate type rocks and then turn the digested parts into useful products. We now have the beginnings of a technology that looks like it could capture gigatonne quantities of carbon dioxide, and make signicant revenue from the different products produced.

The carbon dioxide is captured by reacting it with the magnesium component. The chemistry of magnesium carbonates is surprisingly complex and they are potentially very useful if produced in large enough quantities. Silicon dioxide is the next major product and that too has many uses. Most magnesium silicate rocks also contain small quantities of metals that are of critical industrial interest such as nickel, chromium and cobalt. These metals can also be separated out. We have the exciting potential of turning carbon capture from a drain on our economy to a profit source.

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