A new three-way joint venture to convert waste carbon dioxide into bricks has been announced at Australia’s University of Newcastle.

The $9m facility is to be set up between clean tech firm the GreenMag Group, chemical producer Orica, and the University’s tech transfer unit Newcastle Innovation, with funding provided by the Australian government and Orica.

The trial facility will be utilising research originally conducted by a team made up from the University’s Priority Research Centre and Orica, which have demonstrated…