Calix/PLS demo plant construction resumes Calix announced the recommencement of the Mid-Stream Demonstration Plant Project developed in a Joint Venture (JV) with Pilbara Minerals on Thursday. The decision follows execution of a $15 million grant from the Western Australian government, the company said, with that funding used to reduce the respective construction cost share of…
Low emissions industrial technology developer Calix is raising $25 million from investors to speed the commercialisation of its technologies to decarbonise the production of cement and lime, iron and steel and lithium. The company has completed a $20 million institutional placement and announced a share purchase plan for existing investors to raise a further $5…
What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to @AuManufacturing were reading. 5) $60m in defence quantum technology grants announced The federal government has invested $60 million in quantum and counter disinformation technologies critical to defence and to a future made in Australia. The Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator’s (ASCA) Emerging and Disruptive Technologies…
Industrial process technology company Calix has been recognised at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, winning the Net-Zero Industries Award for Outstanding Project with its zero-emissions steel technology. Calix’s Zero Emission Steel Technology (ZESTY) was celebrated for its “success and potential as a lowest-cost solution to green iron and steel production”,…
Industrial technology company Calix and Pilbara Minerals have deferred any construction works not under contract at their $105 million Mid-Stream Demonstration Plant at Pilbara’s Pilgangoora Project in Western Australia. The project, supported by $20 million through the federal government’s Modern Manufacturing Initiative, is 60 percent complete but will be paused until lithium markets return to…
Nasdaq listed Vast Renewables and energy company Mabanaft have announced the first engineering contracts for the development of its SM1 green methanol plant at Port Augusta in South Australia. International engineering group Fichtner and German e-fuels leader bse Methanol have been awarded contracts for pre-front-end engineering and design (FEED), with Dr. Amy Philbrook, Arup’s Australasia…
Fleet Space’s Centauri-6 satellite takes off flight at space discovery centre A new piece of next-generation Australian space technology is on display at the Australian Space Discovery Centre in Adelaide. It is a full size model of Centauri-6, the eighth satellite launched by Adelaide-based company Fleet Space Technologies successfully reached orbit on April 8, 2024…
Building materials company Boral is developing a lower-carbon concrete product using calcined clay as an alternative supplementary cementitious material (SCM.) The has announced that it is leading a two-year SmartCrete CRC-backed project, also involving the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Transport for NSW, and industrial process specialist Calix, aimed at “further demonstrate the technical feasibility…
The federal government has awarded $65 million in grants to seven organisations through the Carbon Capture Technologies Program (CCTP), including building materials startup MCi Carbon, solvent technology business KC8 Capture Technologies and battery material company Novalith. According to a statement from the department of climate change on Tuesday, the funded projects “will cut emissions…
Low emissions technology developer Calix has announced that the Mid-Stream Demonstration Plant Project which aims to demonstrate sustainable lithium processing utilising renewable power has begun construction. The project, a joint venture with Pilbara Minerals at their Pilgangoora Project, moved into the construction phase in the June Quarter 2024, according to a statement. The project aims…
