Calix (ASX: CXL) — Company Overview, News & Financial Data
Calix is an Australian technology company specializing in innovative solutions for water treatment and sustainable processing.

Calix
Calix is an environmental technology company that develops and commercialises industrial decarbonisation and environmental solutions. Using its patented core platform technology, the company enables the indirect calcination and heating of minerals via electrification to capture unavoidable carbon dioxide emissions, process green minerals, and create sustainable products for industrial and municipal applications. Key operational divisions include Leilac for cement and lime decarbonisation, Sustainable Processing for green iron, steel, lithium, and alumina, and Magnesia for water treatment, agriculture, and health solutions. The company collaborates with global industrial partners, government agencies, and research institutes to deploy scalable clean technologies across international markets.
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Operations
Products and/or services of Calix
- Cement and Lime Decarbonisation: Commercialisation of indirect heating calcination technology designed to capture unavoidable process carbon dioxide emissions during cement and lime production, operating pilot and commercial demonstration units across Europe and Asia with major building materials producers.
- Sustainable Iron and Steel Processing: Development of renewably powered green iron making technology using direct hydrogen reduction of lower-grade iron ore fines, featuring a planned demonstration facility in Western Australia in partnership with regional mining companies and energy suppliers.
- Critical Minerals and Spodumene Processing: Electric calcination and refining technologies for lithium spodumene concentrates and alumina production, enabling high-purity chemical processing with reduced energy consumption and lower carbon emissions through joint ventures with regional lithium miners.
- Environmental Water Treatment Solutions: Production and supply of safe liquid magnesium hydroxide suspensions used for wastewater treatment, sewer network odour control, pH neutralization, and biogas production across municipal utility networks and industrial infrastructure in Australia and North America.
- Sustainable Agriculture and Aquaculture Products: Formulation of non-toxic magnesium oxide and hydroxide bio-active materials applied in crop protection, soil conditioner formulations, and aquaculture pond management to improve crop yields, mitigate fungal diseases, and replace synthetic chemical applications.
- Direct Air Capture Technology: Application of modified calcination technology to direct air capture systems for atmospheric carbon removal, partnering with international carbon management consortiums to enable scalable sorbent regeneration using indirect electric heating systems.
Calix executive team
- Philip Hargraves HodgsonMD, CEO & Director
- Darren Charles B. ComCFO & Company Secretary
- Mark Geoffrey SceatsCo-Founder & Emeritus Chief Scientist
- Vincent NguyenGeneral Manager of Operations
- Simon ThomsenChief Technology Officer
- Matt Boot-HandfordChief Scientist
- Christineh GrigorianInvestor Relations Manager
- Helen ComerfordChief People & Culture Officer
- Vanessa MayneSustainability Manager
- Michelle BennettChief Engineering & Projects Officer