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CALGARY, ALTA. – CURA Climate Inc., a Canadian climate-tech company developing electrochemical solutions to decarbonize cement production, has announced a partnership with Grand Forks Concrete Ltd. (GFC), a precast concrete manufacturer in Western Canada.

The agreement means the two will jointly deploy both a pilot-scale demonstration plant and a first-of-kind commercial facility to convert agricultural spent lime into low-carbon cement and agricultural co-products.

According to a release, under a Memorandum of Understanding, CURA and GFC will execute a three-phase program to demonstrate how spent lime from agricultural processing can be upgraded into low-carbon cement and nutrient-rich agricultural inputs.

The collaboration aims to create the world’s first commercial platform capable of producing low-carbon cement and agricultural products from legacy industrial materials.

CURA explains its patent-pending electrochemical process upgrades spent lime waste into low-carbon cement and agricultural products by selectively extracting high-value components and removing impurities.

The technology uses electricity and water to process materials. This approach not only partially electrifies the process of making cement, “but enables an economically viable option to manage the CO2 emissions from cement manufacture,” the release adds.

For GFC, the partnership provides a pathway to locally sourced, low-carbon cement that integrates into existing precast manufacturing operations.

The partnership is structured across three phases:

• Phase one – Characterization and feasibility: Laboratory and bench-scale testing to validate material performance, emissions reductions and economic potential.
• Phase two – Pilot demonstration and product qualification: A cost-shared pilot facility producing low-carbon cement and agricultural co-products for real-world testing and early revenue generation.
• Phase three – Commercial deployment: Formation of a joint venture to design and operate a first-of-kind commercial facility at scale.