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Sharing the vision
A huge part of the transition to a low-carbon world is to make known technologies and solutions like ours.
As we build the foundations of a future that makes low-carbon, sustainable development the gold standard, we need voices to share the story, give hope, and let people know that change is not just possible; it's here.
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Press releases
06 May
2025
Media release | Aspiring Materials expands to the United States to boost domestic supply of critical minerals (PR Newswire)
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Following the success of its pilot plant in Christchurch, New Zealand, Aspiring Materials will leverage abundant U.S. supply of olivine to deliver magnesium and nickel-cobalt-manganese hydroxides.
02 April 2025
Media release | Aspiring Materials critical minerals pilot production plant opens in Christchurch (PDF)
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The opening of the Aspiring Materials critical minerals processing pilot plant means New Zealand now has domestic capability to produce critical minerals and essential materials used by core industries everyday across the country.
19 December 2024
Media release | US investor picks NZ based clean-tech Aspiring Materials to join global portfolio (PDF)
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US investor Elemental Impact has picked Christchurch based clean-tech start-up Aspiring Materials for the non-profit's latest investment portfolio expansion.
18 April 2024
Media release | Carbon removal startup Aspiring Materials named on Cleantech Group’s 2024 APAC Cleantech 25 (PDF)
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Cleaning up for climate, Aspiring Materials has been recognised as one of the most promising top 25 solutions in the APAC region by Cleantech Group.
17 October 2023
Media release | Aspiring Materials' co-founders Dr Allan Scott and Dr Christopher Oze named as Breakthrough Energy Fellows (PDF)
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Aspiring Materials has been recognised as one of the “next generation of world changing ideas” by Breakthrough Energy, a innovation accelerator organisation founded by Bill Gates.
06 October 2023
Media release | Musk Foundation’s XPRIZE funds a short film featuring NZ-based Aspiring Materials and their promising carbon removal technology (PDF)
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Aspiring Materials is one of 10 global start ups to be selected to feature in a short film as part of the bigger 4 year long global XPRIZE Carbon Removal competition, where the grand prize winner stands to win US$50M.
26 September 2023
Media release | Motion Capital leads successful capital raise of $1.5M for sustainable carbon removal innovators Aspiring Materials. (PDF)
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Motion Capital, a new NZ-based venture capital firm founded by Lachlan Nixon, has led an investment of $1.5M to progress Aspiring Materials' scale-up from lab to pilot-plant phase.