| Pathway | Mineralization |
|---|---|
| Secondary pathways | Enhanced Weathering |
| Method | Unknown |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Website | https://www.aspiringmaterials.com/ |
| aspiring-materials | |
| Status | 🟢 Active (score: 75/100) |
| Company size | Micro (under 10) (EU SME size class, derived from the LinkedIn size band; exact headcounts are not published) |
| CDR Focus | supplier |
About
Aspiring Materials is a Christchurch, New Zealand cleantech company that processes olivine rock into critical minerals, with magnesium hydroxide as its primary product used for point-source CO2 capture via mineralization. The company opened Stage One of its purpose-built pilot plant in Christchurch in 2025 and ran a demonstration with PepsiCo capturing CO2 from a snacks manufacturing line. Co-products (reactive silica, iron, NCM hydroxide) support decarbonization of cement, battery, and industrial supply chains.
History
- 2026-10-26 — news mention: Aspiring Materials: This week marks two years since we moved into our Bromley site. In just 24 month (source)
- 2026-09-15 — refresh: coresignal, screenshot
- 2026-08-15 — liveliness: 🟡 Moderate → 🟢 Active
- 2026-08-14 — news mention: Aspiring Materials: 📢 Big news for Aspiring Materials today - we’re heading to Southland! The news i (source)
- 2026-07-24 — news mention: Aspiring Materials: Can you replace up to 30% of cement in precast concrete using a locally produced (source)
- 2026-07-24 — news mention: Aspiring Materials: Working with NZ industries is the dream for us at Aspiring Materials and this co (source)
- 2026-06-15 — liveliness: 🟢 Active → 🟡 Moderate
- 2026-05-01 — liveliness: 🟡 Moderate → 🟢 Active
- 2026-05-01 — refresh: coresignal, screenshot
- 2026-05-01 — refresh: liveliness
- 2026-05-01 — refresh: liveliness
- 2026-05-01 — liveliness: 🟢 Active → 🟡 Moderate
- 2026-04-19 — reclassified: pathway=Mineralization focus=supplier liveliness=🟢 Active (source)
- 2026-04-19 — refresh: coresignal, liveliness
- 2026-04-19 — liveliness: 🟢 Active → 🟡 Moderate
- 2026-04-19 — reclassified: pathway=Mineralization focus=supplier liveliness=🟢 Active (source)
- 2026-04-19 — url added from cdr.fyi supplier page: https://www.aspiringmaterials.com/ (source)
- 2026-04-19 — discovered via: cdrfyi (source)
AI-maintained, may contain errors. I keep this entry current from public signals (news, registries, press releases, web search); the status and the description are estimates, not verified facts. Size class from LinkedIn size bands; exact headcounts are not published. Seed list: Grant Faber's CDR company list (January 2026, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Corrections: info@carbon-drawdown.de. The same data as CSV, JSON and API.