Aluminium chemicals company Alpha HPA’s pilot Stage 1 factory at Gladstone, Queensland is producing 1,200 kgs of battery precursor materials per week even as the company advances construction of its adjacent $550 million high purity alumina plant (pictured). The large scale plant utilises the latest in process control systems and automation in a facility capable…
Mineral processing company Cobalt Blue Holdings has released updated project cost estimates and revenue analysis for its proposed Kwinana, Western Australia Cobalt Refinery (KCR) to support financing processes and transition to construction. The company plans KCR Stage One capacity at 3,000 tonnes per annum cobalt as cobalt sulphate and ~ 500 tpa nickel metal. Construction…
Manganese miner Element 25 has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Nissan Chemical Corporation and NC Tokyo Bay Corporation to complete a Feasibility Study (FS) into a battery grade High Purity Manganese Sulphate Monohydrate (HPMSM) facility to be located in Chiba prefecture, Japan (pictured). Manganese is becoming an increasingly important input into EV…
Liontown Resources produces first lithium Battery Materials producer Liontown Resources has produced its first lithium spodumene concentrate at Kathleen Valley in Western Australia, following the commissioning of the wet plant and end-to-end operation of the value chain. The milestone marks the start of production ramp-up to nameplate throughput of 3Mtpa, currently expected by the end…
AnteoTech engages with EV manufacturers to incorporate its anode materials Clean energy technology company AnteoTech is now engaged at different levels with the majority of European EV manufacturers as they seek to incorporate higher performing anodes in their vehicle batteries. At the recent The Battery Show, in Stuttgart, Germany the company continued to move towards…
Australian Vanadium receives $14.7 million grant Battery materials company Australian Vanadium has received a milestone payment of $14.7 million from the federal government under the Modern Manufacturing Initiative – Manufacturing Collaboration Stream. The grant provides up to $49 million to support the company’s Australian Vanadium Project to enable new critical mineral production which will support…
Critical minerals developer Tivan has signed a Strategic Alliance Agreement with Japanese trading house Sumitomo Corporation that provides a framework for negotiation of a binding joint venture agreement for the development, financing and operation of the Speewah Fluorite Project in the East Kimberley region of Western Australia. The project will be Australia’s only source of…
Aluminium chemicals company Alpha HPA has committed to a $500 million second stage development of its battery metals precursor plant at Gladstone, Queensland. The development, which follows the successful development of a Stage 1 plant, will see the construction begin in FY24 utilising the latest in process control systems and automation of a facility capable…
Aluminium chemicals company Alpha HPA’s Alpha Sapphire has successfully grown the first ~300kg of synthetic sapphire crystal boules (pictured) in maiden growth runs from the company’s first two sapphire growth units at the facility in Gladstone, Queensland. The facility, which recently achieved its first small scale commercial production of high purity aluminium nitrate (Al-nitrate,) produced…
Battery Materials producer Liontown Resources has executed an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract with GR Engineering Services (GRES) for the delivery and commissioning of the paste plant to support underground mining operations at the company’s Kathleen Valley lithium mine. The Paste Plant will include two trains capable of producing up to 160m3 of paste…
