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CXL - Calix Limited

Six bucks is interesting. Buyers usually hovering.
But has slipped below that. Mid 5s.

There's a podcast from TechZero conference about the Calix process for iron ore. (Can't get link up, will look on their website)

The 'mad scientist' who could turn Australia's iron ore 'green'
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First up, the article mentions the Cement process:

Overlooked by Australian cement makers that were not incentivised to reduce their carbon footprint, CEO Phil Hodgson's company Calix headed for Europe, where it found an eager audience from cement manufacturers living under tightening carbon price regimes.

On Monday that audience extended to members of the European Parliament, who called through Lixhe {the Belgium LEILAC-2 plant} to learn more about Calix' direct separation technology. That technology is now the hope of the cement industry and highlights the changing focus of the carbon capture and storage industry [which] is increasingly focused on capturing, storing and in some cases utilising the carbon dioxide that will be emitted by producers of cement, plastics and steel..
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.... Hodgson's tower is now treating 5 per cent of the cement produced at Lixhe by Heidelberg Cement and the plan is to demonstrate consistent operations for another year before building a full-scale model to test commercial viability...

European carbon prices rallied from less than €5 ($8.20) in mid-2017 to more than €29 in July 2022.
 
The trademark feature of the Calix kiln is its ability to heat minerals to the exact temperature at which gases try to escape. As the gases escape they carve chambers and pores into the mineral structure, turning them into honeycomb-type shapes with a very high surface area. The high surface area makes the structures more reactive, which is a good thing in chemical processing.

Adaptations have .. been found for cement, lithium, crop protection and water treatment, but Calix's Dr Mark Sceats said the size of the global iron ore and steel industries meant that green iron could be Calix’s biggest opportunity yet
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Then on to the big one.

In its recent green iron trials, Calix has poured iron ore powder in the top of the inner metal tube and pumped in hydrogen at the bottom of the tube. As they mix inside the tube under heat, the hydrogen takes the oxygen from iron ore and forms harmless steam, while the pure iron falls to the bottom ready for steel-making. Dr Sceats said his process could be a cheap way to make low-carbon steel.


 
From where does the Hydrogen come?

gg
 
Pilbara PLS brought out an investor presentation on Friday. As well as fleshing out the Upstream and Downstream aspects of getting a lithium product to market, there's still a focus on the Midstream, which is where Calix comes in.

Conventional spodumene supply chain:
• Carbon intensive, shipping ~94% waste
• Aluminosilicates shipped to customer (>90% of export mass)
• Spodumene concentrate SC6.0
- 6.0% Li2O (2.80% lithium metal by mass)

Alternate spodumene supply chain:
• Reduced carbon intensity, apply renewable energy
• Aluminosilicate waste remains at mine site
• Lithium salts shipped
- >35% Li2O (>15% lithium metal by mass)
 
The MOU with Pilbara is a big deal, 45% of the royalty stream could be a massive earner for half a century or more.
 
The MOU with Pilbara is a big deal
Last paragraph

Pilbara Minerals and its project partner Calix were awarded a $20M grant under the Australian Government’s Modern Manufacturing Initiative (MMI) .. Manufacturing

Translation Stream to support the development of the MidStream Project. The grant value achieved was the maximum award value for the nationally contested scheme, providing a significant funding contribution and strong endorsement for the project. The award remains subject to the parties entering into a formal MMI funding agreement. Following the award of the grant, Pilbara Minerals and Calix have agreed key commercial terms for a JV in an updated binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Key commercial terms agreed under the updated MoU were set out in the Company’s ASX Announcement dated 1 June 2022
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The JV will be formalised upon Pilbara Minerals and Calix finalising and entering into a formal JV Agreement which is expected to occur during the September 2022 Quarter.
 
Annual report out. Going over the content, it is an evolving presentation of the already-disclosed technology/ies. Pilbara is coming along, and one quote caught my eye with the cement process:
BUT ….. we need to mitigate 1.5 billion tonnes pa process CO2 emissions = 3,000 LEILAC-3’s ... ~2 built every week from now until 2050

Still have $25M in cash at end of June

Commenting on the annual results, Calix’s Managing Director and CEO, Phil Hodgson, said:
 
Do this mob have Bell Potter quickgrow mix in their ascent?

I prefer mine from Bunnings.

gg
 
The JV will be formalised upon Pilbara Minerals and Calix finalising and entering into a formal JV Agreement which is expected to occur during the September 2022 Quarter.
am waiting for this..... October looms.

Most recently, CXL stated: "JV established (Demo plant, joint marketing of technology) -target CY 2022"

I think LEILAC-2 may be hampered by ultra-high energy pricing in Europe ... and dragging down the SP?
 
Hence the hesitancy?

Calix announces global licence agreement with Heidelberg Materials and equity raising to accelerate commercialisation of Calix’s technology for industrial decarbonisation

Sydney, Australia | 19 October 2022

Australian environmental technology company, Calix Limited (ASX: CXL) announces today that Leilac, Calix’s 93% owned subsidiary focusing on decarbonisation of cement and lime, has signed a global licence agreement with Heidelberg Materials (FWB: HEI) for the use of the Leilac decarbonisation technology. Calix is also announcing a fully underwritten institutional Placement to raise A$60 million comprising the issue of 13.2 million shares at an issue price of A$4.55 per share; and a non-underwritten Share Purchase Plan to raise up to an additional A$20 million.

 
From the Placement, the $60million to be raised to be used thus:

1. Accelerate commercialisation of Leilac's cement and lime decarbonisation technology .............. A$38.0m
2. Construct a lithium salt demonstration processing plant in JV with Pilbara Minerals. .................. A$17.5m
3. ZESTY Green Iron / Steel –Plant Modifications, Further Trials and a FEED Study for 30kTpa Demonstration Facility ... A$2.5m
4. Transaction costs ~A$2.0m

• SPP proceeds will fund discretionary spend of up to $20m to accelerate alternative energy options - Electric, Alternative Fuels Development
 
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