{"id":246,"date":"2026-08-28T18:55:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T08:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/?p=246"},"modified":"2026-10-10T14:24:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T03:24:43","slug":"dr-dia-milani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/dr-dia-milani\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Dia Milani"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oral presentation: <a href=\"https:\/\/ieaghg-programme.eventsairsite.com\/?agendaId=6b261f34-b478-66bf-4458-3a1ae299dbb8\">Closing the Carbon Loop in the Mining Sector: A Solar-Integrated Mineralisation Paradigm<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When: Monday October 26, 4:20pm \u2013 6pm; Session 3E \u2013 CDR on the rocks<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"nba-block nba-csiro__staff-card wp-block-nba-csiro-staff-card\" data-block-id=\"edc853a3-04665e0d-cc2837d0\" data-block-type=\"nba-csiro__staff-card\"><div class=\"nba-layout\"><div class=\"card contact__card section--gray-lighter contact__card__img-circle\"><div class=\"card__container\"><div class=\"card__block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.csiro.au\/m\/d\/dia-milani\" class=\"reversed\"><div class=\"card__image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card__image card__image--cover is-nba-thumb\" style=\"background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: center; background-size: cover;\" alt=\"Dia Milani\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/files\/2026\/08\/Dia-at-NREL-150x150.jpg\"><\/div><h2 class=\"card__title h3 more-link\" data-href=\"https:\/\/people.csiro.au\/m\/d\/dia-milani\"><span class=\"contact__card__name\">Dia Milani<\/span><\/h2><\/a><div class=\"card__text\"><div class=\"card__text\"><ul class=\"card__text contact__card__detail-block contact__card__bio-group\"><li class=\"contact__card__detail-item contact__card__bio\"><span class=\"contact__card__detail-value\">Learn more about me\u2026<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>About the presentation:<\/em><br>This CSIRO conference paper (Milani et al., GHGT-18, 2026) demonstrates a compelling pathway to turn mine waste into a <strong>large-scale carbon sink<\/strong> by integrating accelerated mineral carbonation (AMC), direct air capture (DAC), and concentrated solar power (CSP). Applied to a nominal Australian nickel mine, the system uses ammonium-sulfate roasting, leaching, precipitation, and carbonation to convert Mg-rich serpentine\/olivine tailings into stable MgCO\u2083, while a solar central-receiver system with 10 h of molten-salt storage supplies ~90% of the required heat and power. The integrated system produces <strong>175.7 kt\/year of carbonated product and permanently sequesters 92.2 kt\/year of atmospheric CO\u2082<\/strong>, delivering a <strong>204% net-negative emissions swing relative to diesel-based business-as-usual operations<\/strong>. Beyond carbon removal, the approach opens a pathway for <strong>critical-metal co-recovery<\/strong>, positioning mine tailings as both a resource for critical minerals and a durable sink for atmospheric CO\u2082.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An article on Dr Milani is available here: <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/meet-dr-dia-milani-from-refugee-to-renewable-energy-innovator\/\">Meet the researcher: Dr Dia Milani<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday October 26, 4:20pm &#8211; 6pm; Session 3E &#8211; CDR on the rocks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":234,"featured_media":79,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nba-redirect":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[26,34],"class_list":["post-246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-presenters","tag-co2-utilisation-for-ghg-mitigation","tag-oral-presentation"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>CSIRO @ GHGT-18<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ghgt-18\/dr-dia-milani\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dr Dia Milani - CSIRO @ GHGT-18\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Monday October 26, 4:20pm - 6pm; 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