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Listen—Chris McMahen on the Calix Podcast

The discussion explores the scale of the green iron challenge, emerging technology solutions like Calix's ZESTY, the economic and environmental implications for Australia and the world, and what more is needed to seize the opportunity.

Interview published on 15 July, 2025.

To discuss how Australia can seize its Green Iron opportunity, host James O'Loghlin is joined by Chris McMahen from The Superpower Institute, Max van Someren from Bivios and Chris Ormston from Calix .

Together, they explore the scale of the challenge, emerging technology solutions like Calix's ZESTY, the economic and environmental implications for Australia and the world, and what more is needed to seize the opportunity.

Chris McMahen

Technical Lead for Green Iron

Chris McMahen is an iron ore industry executive with extensive experience in green iron and steel technology development and marketing. Most recently GM of Technical Marketing at FMG and Director of Marketing at BSL.