BHP sets new copper smelting records BHP has set new records for smelted copper production at its South Australian copper mines centred on the Olympic Dam mine, concentrator and smelter. The company achieved record copper mined and concentrate smelted at Olympic Dam in FY24 production was up by 39 per cent to 322kt in the…
By Peter Roberts Just as the domestic electricity grid is making quick progress towards decarbonisation, so too are industrial processes such as steelmaking. Australia’s two primary steelmakers have taken different courses in moving towards lower carbon iron and steels. The GFG Alliance at Whyalla is moving from reliance on blast furnace technology towards a combination…
A new project involving Barwon Region Water Corporation and Viva Energy will look at the potential of pure oxygen – created when splitting water through electrolysis – to create mutual benefits for green hydrogen producers and wastewater treatment plant operators. The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) announced on Thursday that it has committed up to…
Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue has backpedaled on its ambitions in green hydrogen, reorganising the mining and energy company and focusing more on familiar downstream green energy opportunities. The company, which has taken what some observers call a ‘scattergun’ approach to green hydrogen opportunities across the globe, has simplified its corporate structure, merging the mining and energy…
Whyalla steel works produces first structural steel The Managing Director of Liberty Steel Group Tony Swiericzuk at Whyalla in South Australia has celebrated the completion of repairs and start up activities at the primary steel producer. Swiericzuk took to social media and said: “After a 48 hour reheat furnace start up programme, the Whyalla Steelworks…
Sparc Hydrogen is closer to announcing the development of its photocatalytic water splitting hydrogen production pilot reactor with the announcement of new international partners for the project. A joint venture between Sparc Technologies, the University of Adelaide and Fortescue, Sparc Hydrogen has progressed several key workstreams that de-risk the development of the pilot plant, including…
Provaris Energy’s plans to construct its proposed 26,000 cubic metre H2Neo compressed hydrogen transport vessels has been dealt a blow with the bankruptcy of a key manufacturer provider of a prototype tank for the H2Neo carrier vessel. Norwegian-based Prodtex Industri AS which operates the Fiska facility in Norway and is responsible for constructing the prototype…
Channel Nine media has revealed that a group of 70 economists from the nation’s most important universities support the recently announced Future Made in Australia policy. The exclusive story by well respected journalist Shane Wright in the SMH newspaper also puts a rocket up the Productivity Commission which has continued its long standing antipathy to…
By Kylie Turner, Climateworks Centre and Luke Brown, Climateworks Centre In the budget last week, the government was keen to talk about its efforts to turn Australia into a renewable superpower under the umbrella of the Future Made in Australia policies. Future Made is a framework that sets out how to target green subsidies to…
Whitebark Energy has entered the hydrogen development field announcing plans to utilise geothermal energy to power the electrolysis of water to create green hydrogen. The company told investors that hydrogen, produced through electrolysis powered by renewable sources, stands out as a versatile and sustainable fuel with the potential to revolutionise transportation, industry, and energy storage.…
