Brisbane-based, Canadian-listed Graphene Manufacturing Group has raised $C 5,796,000 (approximately $6.4 million) at a price of $C 0.80 per unit. According to a statement from the company on Friday (Australian time), the net proceeds will be used to expand its production capacity to increase sales, for R&D on its Graphene Aluminium-Ion Battery with the Battery…
ASX-listed additives developer and manufacturer First Graphene has announced that over three tonnes of its PureGRAPH-CEM product has arrived in the UK, ahead of scheduled concrete pouring in May for trials in a major road infrastructure project. In a statement on Tuesday, the Perth-headquartered company said the next phase of trials with the UK’s biggest…
Chemicals R&D business Sparc Technologies has announced execution of an agreement with coal miner BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) for a 24-month field trial of a graphene additive at a coal handling and processing plant. Sparc’s graphene-based additive product, ecosparc, will feature in a coating, and Sparc claimed the trial as “another key milestone in validating”…
Sparc signs distribution agreement for graphene additive Sparc Technologies has executed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with CLP Group subsidiary Chin Leong Construction Systems Pte Ltd. The parties will collaborate on marketing Sparc’s ecosparc additive to CLC’s coatings customers in Southeast Asia. Sparc Managing Director Nick O’Loughlin said: “Sparc…hopes to establish this partnership as…
Sparc Technologies has extended claims of improved anti-corrosive performance from solvent based coatings enhanced with graphene towards more environmentally desirable water based alternatives. The technology development company told investors that initial test work had demonstrated significant corrosion improvement in graphene enhanced water-based acrylic epoxy coatings which are experiencing strong market growth as alternatives to coatings…
First Graphene has announced it has entered new markets in Vietnam and China for its PureGraph graphene products through distribution agreements, while also revealing maiden sales and recurring orders from a textile company in Brazil. The two new distribution agreements cover the coatings, composites, and construction materials segments across Vietnam and China, and take the…
Technology development company Sparc Technologies has signed a trial agreement with energy company Santos to trial the company’s graphene enhanced protective coatings. Sparc and Santos will conduct a collaborative field trial with the application of an ecosparc enhanced coating at the Santos gas facility Port Bonython in the Upper Spencer Gulf of South Australia (pictured).…
Optiscan Imaging advances veterinary medtech Confocal microscopy manufacturer Optiscan Imaging has signed a Collaborative Research Agreement with the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine. The agreement follows a MOU with the university, and is a step in expanding the clinical applications of Optiscan’s confocal endomicroscope imaging system in veterinary medicine. The initial focus of…
Green hydrogen produced by electrolysis remains expensive right now, but Hazer Group offers a promising alternative – it is transforming biogas waste into hydrogen and graphite. By Glenn Corrie. The hydrogen sector is at a crossroads, as the recent pullback by Fortescue underscored a critical truth: green hydrogen, while promising, is currently too expensive and…
Nanomaterials developer and producer First Graphene has secured funding for a collaborative research project with Swansea University to determine the market potential of the company’s Kainos Technology. The $192,000 grant was secured through Analysis for Innovators (A4i) Round 12, Stage 2 funding which supports research to overcome productivity or technical barriers of new technologies. Delivered…
