In the race for low-carbon cement and concrete, interest in First Graphene Ltd’s  proprietary PureGraph® additive brand has been gaining traction. With the focus now moving upstream, Michael Bell, CEO and MD of the Australia-based company, explains how the first commercial trials at the Hope Cement Works in the UK aim to find a simple, safe method of introducing graphene to industrial-scale cement production.

ICR: What is the background to the founding of First Graphene?

Michael Bell (MB): First Graphene was founded in 2017 with the opening of its world-class 100tpa commercial-scale graphene manufacturing facility in Perth, Western Australia.