By Professor Akbar Rhamdhani You might not know it, but critical minerals are the hidden engine powering our daily lives. They drive the functionality of our electronics, medical devices and renewable energy systems. Without them, our world would grind to a standstill and the technology we rely on every day, such as smartphones and laptops,…
High flying electric vehicle charger manufacturer Tritium DCFC has become the latest Australian manufacturer to fall to overseas control, with its purchase by Indian-based charger company Exicom Tele-systems Exicom subsidiary Exicom Power Solutions B.V. Netherlands entered into a definitive agreement to acquire business and assets of Brisbane based Tritium. With over 13,000 DC Fast Chargers…
BHP has taken what it calls ‘the difficult but necessary decision’ to temporarily suspend its Western Australian Nickel operation, Nickel West. The company operates open-cut and underground mines, concentrators, a smelter and refinery all located in Western Australia. The company blamed ‘significant and sustained challenges to the Australian nickel industry’, which includes a period of…
A $20 million Gold Coast factory producing both community lithium batteries and EV chargers will be operational next month, according to the company behind it. In a statement on Tuesday, eLumina said the site was nearing completion and is set to produce 300 batteries annually, and that onshore EV technology manufacture would be essential to…
Electric vehicle charger manufacturer and fleet management specialist EVOS Energy is seeking an additional $6 million from investors, having already completed a $4 million raise from existing investors. The latest $10 million funding round, once completed, will fuel growth in the company’s sales and marketing teams selling their locally designed and manufactured EV chargers. The…
Electrical engineer Ampcontrol has unveiled ambitious net zero targets in its first-ever annual Sustainability Report The report provides transparency of annual plans and targets to combat climate action at scale, reduce operating emissions, and support industry towards decarbonisation Achievements to date include achieving a 30 percent% reduction in operational emissions in 2023 – 12 percent…
Freight and logistics provider ANC has been awarded $12.8 million in funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency’s (ARENA) Driving the Nation Fund, which will help fund a fleet battery-electric vehicle (BEV) trucks for last-mile deliveries. In a statement on Wednesday, ARENA said 112 trucks would soon be in use through ANC’s “Project Spark”, which…
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…
The first electric bus to be manufactured as part of a joint $250 million Australian and Western Australian government initiative has now been completed. Canberra committed $125 million toward electric bus charging infrastructure in Perth and the state government made a $125 million commitment for the acquisition of 130 locally manufactured electric buses. The electric…
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…
