Western Australia is sitting on a gigatonne-scale opportunity: transforming mine waste into a powerful tool for climate action. In this episode, we dive into the state’s bold roadmap to decarbonisation through accelerated mineral carbonation — a process that permanently locks away CO₂ by reacting it with mining byproducts.

We explore how the Minerals Research Institute of Western Australia is backing innovation with a $2.5 million Accelerated Mineral Carbonation Research Program, designed to fast-track breakthroughs, pilot plants, and collaborations across industry, government, and First Nations communities.

From the science of turning tailings into carbon capture assets, to the economic potential of new carbon credit markets and carbon-embedded products, we unpack what it will take to scale this technology and position WA as a global leader in industrial carbon sequestration.