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US-based Electra has announced the commissioning of a pilot plant in Boulder, Colorado, USA, to produce pure iron. The plant will use Electra’s technology to produce iron from already mined, commercially available high-grade ores to accelerate decarbonization and circularity throughout the steel value chain from raw materials to steel. The pilot project is designed to produce pure iron in the form of plates measuring approximately 1 square meter, and the company is increasing capacity in stages to validate the modular approach. Electra’s unique, patented electrochemical system converts iron ore into iron through an electrochemical process at 140°F. It is powered by clean, renewable intermittent renewable energy sources (IRES). «With support from our partners across the value chain, the Pilot brings us closer to our goal of producing millions of tonnes of clean iron by the end of the decade,» said Sandeep Nijhawan, CEO and co-founder of Electra. Electra’s products, with a purity of more than 99%, combined with recycled scrap, provide customer value to electric arc furnace steelmakers, reducing capital intensity, cost, and waste throughout the value chain. Australian mining company BHP, an investor in Electra, provided the iron ore for this pilot project. Read more here🔽 #GMKCenter #Ukraine #steelmakers #steel #decarbonization #USA #project #investments #iron #ore #scrap #renewableenergy #energy #CO2 #carbon #emissions #mining

🔋 Platinum's Key Role in Hydrogen's Competitiveness 🌍 Dr. Daniel Teichmann, CEO of Hydrogenious, has been honoured for his work in platinum-based hydrogen solutions, highlighting its importance in making hydrogen a competitive energy source. 🛢️ SherLOHCk Project 🛢️ Recycled platinum is crucial in the advancements of the SherLOHCk project, which facilitates the transport and commercialization of clean hydrogen using existing oil infrastructure. 🌱 Benefits and Advances 🌱 Hydrogen, with its potential as a clean energy source, benefits from technologies that reduce costs and improve the efficiency of LOHC. Hydrogenious has developed a safe method for storing and transporting hydrogen, enhancing the viability of green hydrogen. 💬 "We have developed a safe method for storing and transporting hydrogen using LOHC," says Dr. Daniel Teichmann. What are your thoughts on the role of platinum in driving hydrogen's competitiveness and its impact on global energy solutions? 🌟💬 https://lnkd.in/d64xpXNs #Hydrogen #Platinum #GreenEnergy #LOHC #Innovation #SustainableEnergy #Hydrogenious #EnergyTransition

Vanadium and VRFB technology is on the rise. In Australia and in the Netherlands 😄 🇳🇱 the extraction and production of Vanadium is breaking through. #vanadium #VRFB #energy #energytransition #energystorage #circulareconomy https://lnkd.in/dCRRESrT

We will commence a vertically integrated, mine-to-battery Battery Anode Material (BAM) Scoping Study, aimed at integrating our potential Tier 1 Kookaburra Graphite Project with a downstream Battery Anode Material manufacturing facility, located in South Australia. This Scoping Study marks the first step towards establishing a competitive advantage as a low-cost producer of Purified Spherical Graphite (PSG), aiming to use 100% renewable power. We are committed to advancing KGP towards production and we are focused on enhancing the project's value through ongoing technical evaluations and through an analysis of downstream value adding opportunities. Final test work required for the BAM Study has commenced and will be completed in Q3 2024, with the process of qualification of micronised product also being explored. The BAM strategy aligns with Australia's National Battery Strategy, which offers significant government funding and tax incentives for domestic battery industry development. CEO, Jonathon Trewartha said: "The outcomes of a recent independent technical review confirmed that graphite from KGP as suitable as a battery anode material. We are excited to commence this next step to further develop our project by completing a BAM Scoping Study. KGP is, in our view, shaping up to be a Tier 1 graphite project and currently sits as the second largest graphite resource on South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula, which is inarguably Australia’s premier graphite province. We have an opportunity to create significant value from this potential BAM project by developing a downstream pathway for our graphite concentrate and position Lincoln as a future Australian-owned Purified Spherical Graphite producer. We look forward to completing the final stages of test work to enable our BAM scoping study to be completed later this year.” Read the full ASX Announcement here: https://lnkd.in/gSGgbx7V #graphite #LML #LincolnMinerals #BAM #ASX #ASXNews #miningnews #resources #smallcaps #smallcapstocks

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝘆𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺: 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗵𝘆𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗻 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘂𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗹𝗮𝗯 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗮 by Sergio Matalucci; pv magazine Global 🔵 Vale and #China's Central South University have opened a joint laboratory for #lowcarbon and #hydrogen #metallurgy in Changsha, China's Hunan province. 🔵 Agora Industry said in its latest report that by 2030, more than 70% of existing blast furnaces (#BF) will require #reinvestment, creating an #opportunity to #transition to #scrap- and #hydrogen-based #steelmaking. 🔵 Nippon Steel Corporation has secured approval from United States Steel Corporation's stockholders to acquire the company. 🔵 The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has awarded AUD 59.1 million ($36 million) in #funding across 21 research #projects to support #commercialization, #research, and #development activities covering #renewablehydrogen and low-emission #iron and #steel. 🔵 MOL Group has inaugurated a 10 #MW green #hydrogenplant in Szazhalombatta, #Hungary. The details are at the below link:

Energy And Mines Magazine – Issue 51 The latest issue of Energy and Mines Magazine is available to read and download. The Magazine includes: Pathways to Net Zero Mining: Not Exactly a Clear Way Ahead. Our feature article outlines the obstacles that remain that could jeopardize short and long-term emissions targets. Art Meets Mining in the High Chile Desert. Ahead of his book signing appearance at the Energy and Mines Toronto Summit, award-winning photographer Jamey Stillings provides insight and inspiration from his recent project on renewables and mining in the high desert of Chile Time to Act on 2030 Targets is Running Out. Interim decarbonization targets are looming ever closer, but the path to a green energy supply is anything but straightforward for miners. Martin Schlecht, Director Engineering & Projects at Dornier Suntrace, shares his insights on the main challenges.

Really interesting Issue : Energy and mines Pathways to Net Zero Mining: Not Exactly a Clear Way Ahead. Our feature article outlines the obstacles that remain that could jeopardize short and long-term emissions targets.

We’re really pleased to see that Breakthrough Energy places our I-ROX business among “a new generation of fast-growing companies spearheading disruptive solutions to speed up innovation in the critical raw materials market.” I-ROX’s ability to shatter mineral ore using far less electricity than conventional crushing “could substantially reduce the cost, energy usage and greenhouse gas emissions generated by critical mineral extraction activities,” I•ROX investor Breakthrough Energy said in part two of a series covering critical raw materials and their role in the clean energy transition. “We must double down on innovation on both the demand and supply sides of critical raw materials,” Breakthrough Energy said in a commentary highlighting the key role critical materials play in achieving clean energy goals. I-Pulse and Breakthrough Energy jointly announced the establishment of I-ROX in 2022. BHP later invested in a comprehensive collaboration agreement to advance I-ROXs pulsed power solutions aimed at reducing energy and increasing metal recovery in comminution of critical metals such as copper. It's great to have partners who thoroughly understand the importance of what we’re doing. Read the full piece from Breakthrough Energy here: https://lnkd.in/d-BgrFmZ Go here to find out more about I-Pulse’s energy-saving solutions: https://lnkd.in/d-mRaFMj #technology #cleanenergy #mining

𝗨𝗼𝗪, 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗦𝗰𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲 $𝟰.𝟮 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿-𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻 𝗘𝗦𝗙 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 by @AuManufacturing news and media The University of Wollongong ( UoW) has shared details of a new #project with industry partner BlueScope Steel for lower-emission #steelmaking, which was announced on Wednesday morning as securing $2 million in #funding through an Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) grant round. According to a statement from the university, the project will investigate ways to utilise low and medium grade #ironores – which are abundant in the Pilbara region of Western #Australia – in low #emission steelmaking. The viability of such ores in “a potential breakthrough, low-emissions, electric smelting furnace (#ESF)-based steelmaking route” will be explored by a team co-led by a team co-led by Dr Xue Feng Dong and Dr Raymond Longbottom, and involving Professor Brian Monaghan and Dr  Paul Zulli. The article link:

via Stockhead Lithium Energy Limited (ASX Code: LEL) has sent a 10,000 litre sample of lithium brine from its Solaroz project in Argentina to direct lithium extraction specialists Xi’an Lanshen New Material Technology for detailed test work. While the company’s recent scoping study confirmed conventional pond evaporation remains the preferred base development case for Solaroz, its third-party funded direct #lithium extraction plant project with Lanshen provides an alternative potential production pathway. Under the agreement with #LEL, Lanshen will design, construct and operate a demonstration DLE plant capable of producing up to 3,000 tonnes per annum of battery-grade lithium carbonate at Solaroz. Learn more: https://loom.ly/j9JlLS4 #LithiumEnergy #ASX