Man Made Aggregate

Aggregate is some 85% of concrete and represents a significant potential sink for man made carbonate

Around 40% of the world's aggregate is limestone based and so making aggregate out of man made carbonate is not such a giant leap of faith.


The Sequestration Potential of Man Made Carbonate Aggregate

Nesquehonte can either be further processed into magnesite which is much stronger and thermodynamically more stable or alternatively agglomerated into aggregates as nesquehonite.


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