Industrial process technology company Calix and Pilbara Minerals will establish a joint venture to potentially develop a demonstration plant to produce lithium phosphate salt to supply battery chemicals manufacturing. This follows positive results from their joint scoping study for a lithium salt production facility using Calix technology at Pilbara’s existing spodumene concentrate plant (pictured) at…
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has agreed to send Australian-made Bushmaster vehicles to Ukraine, after a plea from the nation’s wartime President. Earlier Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy made a speech to federal parliament calling for Australia to send the country weapons systems including the Bushmaster. Speaking through an interpreter the khaki-clad president said some of…
Materials technology group Silex Systems has suffered a blow in its ambitions to commercialise its cREO technology. The company told investors that London-based IQE had ‘paused development’ of the technology ‘until a commercial opportunity arises’. IQE is a leader in manufacture of semiconductor wafer products and has been developing uses for cREO at its North…
Electrical engineering group Ampcontrol has expanded its footprint in Queensland, establishing a new site in Gladstone (pictured). Opening in Gladstone is a strategic move for the company which services the resources, infrastructure, industrial and energy sectors. From its foundations supporting the coal mining sector in the Hunter Valley, Ampcontrol has diversified through innovation in recent…
The Australian developed and built Bushmaster protected mobility vehicle may be on its way to Ukranian forces following a plea from Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy made direct in a speech to federal parliament. Speaking through an interpreter the khaki-clad president said some of the more than 1,000 Bushmasters serving in Australia would ‘do much more…
Almost 10 years after being established to increase investment in clean energy, the Clean Energy Finance Corporation has now committed more than $10 billion to the task. CEFC CEO Ian Learmonth went on social media top express his pride in the achievement and its contribution to pushing Australia to net zero emissions by 2050. Learmonth…
Capral Aluminium and Tomago Aluminium have signed an agreement that will see approximately 550 tonnes of manufacturing production scrap annually returned for remelting and reuse. Capral manufactures semi-fabricated aluminium products used in residential, commercial and industrial applications, while Tomago operates Australia’s largest aluminium smelter in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales. This industry leading…
Australian solar PV manufacturer Tindo Solar and battery maker sonnen will work together to make Tindo’s PV panels available to sonnen customers who sign up for the Solar Victoria Virtual Power Plant Pilot Program. The VPP pilot provides a $4,174 rebate for the sale and installation of an approved battery, which is connected to a…
Quantum technology developer Q-CTRL is partnering with Swiss research institute for natural and engineering sciences The Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) to pioneer R&D in the scale-up of quantum computers. Q-CTRL’s software and hardware systems reduce noise and error in nascent quantum computing systems, which store information at the sub-atomic level. The strategic partnership will leverage…
Australian renewable green energy development company Fortescue Future Industries and European energy networks and energy infrastructure provider E.ON have partnered to deliver up to five million tonnes per annum of green (GH2) to Europe by 2030. Five million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of renewable GH2 is equal to approximately one third of the calorific energy…
