- 1. Focus on Sustainability
- (Features)
- ... automated and battery powered. This would effectively cut out two of the biggest issues in mining: carbon impact and particulate exposure and result in zero carbon emission mines.” Stanway noted that ...
- Created on 23 December 2020
- 2. World Bank Group releases report on minerals for climate action
- (Around the Region)
- ... like copper and molybdenum, will be used in a range of technologies, while others, such as graphite and lithium, may be needed for just one technology: battery storage. This means that any changes in clean ...
- Created on 16 September 2020
- 3. Fortescue posts record iron ore shipments
- (Latest)
- ... our use of renewables, as well as a focus on technology and innovation to decarbonise through hydrogen and battery energy solutions. “Our guidance for FY21 builds on the momentum of a record FY20 as ...
- Created on 30 July 2020
- 4. Technology to extract lithium from hard rock moves forward
- (Latest)
- ... to vast quantities of lithium currently discarded by producers of spodumene concentrate because it cannot be processed commercially via conventional techniques. The company’s drive for battery-material ...
- Created on 22 July 2020
- 5. Fortescue aims for net zero emissions by 2040
- (Latest)
- ... with Alinta Energy’s Newman gas-fired power station and 35-MW battery facility. “More recently, Fortescue announced the US$700 million investment in the Pilbara Energy Connect program which, together ...
- Created on 18 June 2020
- 6. MCA responds to Australia’s Technology Investment Roadmap
- (Latest)
- ... technologies such as small modular reactors. The global transition to low emissions technologies – including renewables, battery storage and electric vehicles – depends on the metals and raw materials ...
- Created on 28 May 2020
- 7. Fortescue’s iron ore mining hub repowered with renewables
- (Leading Developments)
- ... and Alinta’s existing 145MW gas-fired Newman Power Station, which is also home to the 35MW/ 11MWh Newman storage system – Western Australia’s largest lithium-ion battery. ARENA’s funding has been allocated ...
- Created on 21 April 2020
- 8. China breaks records for natural graphite imports through H2 2019
- (Around the Region)
- ... very large size flake graphite, a size fraction for which China has relatively limited resources. While China has large resources of battery-grade flake graphite, many of those deposits being exploited ...
- Created on 30 January 2020
- 9. China eyes off global graphite
- (Around the Region)
- ... graphite Wood Mackenzie predict that demand from battery makers will force the supply chain west as China’s natural graphite concentrate supply chain falls from 68 per cent of the market share ...
- Created on 23 January 2020
- 10. Battery recycling made easy
- (Around the Region)
- Right now, Australia lags behind the rest of the world in battery recycling, in that only three per cent – predominantly lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) – are returned for reprocessing. Recycling such materials ...
- Created on 23 January 2020
- 11. Magnis Energy signs EPC contract with Metallurgical Corporation of China
- (Latest)
- ... mechanical processes only, Magnis is in a unique position to become a leader in the production of anode materials for the rapidly growing battery market,” commented Mr Vogts. MCC is the world’s largest ...
- Created on 12 December 2019
- 12. Envirostream Australia confirms offtake deal with SungEel Hitech
- (Latest)
- Lithium Australia’s subsidiary Envirostream Australia has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with South Korean company SungEel HiTech for the sale of recycled battery metals. Envirostream' ...
- Created on 07 November 2019
- 13. GMG launches two working groups on cybersecurity and the electric mine
- (Latest)
- ... of the industry’s growing commitment to reducing greenhouse gases and providing safer working environments. “Previous GMG work on battery electric vehicles in underground mining brought together a community ...
- Created on 24 October 2019
- 14. St George Mining gets closer to potential nickel mine in WA
- (Latest)
- ... Diamond drilling will resume at Radar later this week, with holes planned to test both up-dip and downdip from the significant intersection in discovery hole MAD152. “Demand from the battery market ...
- Created on 17 October 2019
- 15. Lithium Australia gives new life to spent LIBs
- (Latest)
- By successfully recovering battery metals, lithium in particular, from spent LIBs, Lithium Australia NL continues to provide a sustainable solution to a major recycling challenge – that of batteries being ...
- Created on 15 August 2019
- 16. Top miners split on best metals for booming EV battery market
- (Latest)
- Several big-name miners are now chasing the electric vehicle battery boom including BHP Group, Rio Tinto, Anglo American and Glencore. However, they are split on which metals will deliver the best long-term ...
- Created on 10 August 2019
- 17. TP Energy cracks the US$100 billion Western Australian minerals belt with zinc and gold discovery
- (Latest)
- Australian battery metals technology and exploration company, Trans Pacific Energy Group (TPE) has made a maiden discovery of a blind Zinc-Gold-Silver mineralised system at its Kathleen Valley project, ...
- Created on 30 May 2019
- 18. Western Australia home to AU$135 million national battery research hub
- (Latest)
- ... research partners had been successful in its bid to establish the Future Battery Industries Cooperative Research Centre (CRC). Curtin University Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research Professor Chris Moran ...
- Created on 11 April 2019
- 19. TP Energy Group appoints Neil Hutchison
- (Latest)
- Australian battery metals technology and exploration company, Trans Pacific Energy Group (TPE), announced the appointment of renowned Western Australian geologist, Neil Hutchison, to its Expert Advisory ...
- Created on 31 January 2019
- 20. Cobalt 27 acquires lithium royalty on the Mount Marion lithium Mine
- (Latest)
- ... a LME-bonded warehouse of Westgold’s choice. Cobalt 27 is committed to becoming a proxy for the large-scale transition to battery-based electric vehicles and energy storage systems, as well as being ...
- Created on 10 January 2019