The WA mining hopeful at the forefront of move to longer lasting Vanadium-flow batteries

The WA mining hopeful at the forefront of move to longer lasting Vanadium-flow batteries

Australian Vanadium Limited,which has a plant in Perth’s northern suburbs,wants to ride the next big energy storage wave after lithium.

  • byPeter Milne

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How to solve our looming energy storage crisis? These companies are exploring high-tech solutions

How to solve our looming energy storage crisis? These companies are exploring high-tech solutions

A submersible buoy to harvest wave energy,superheated graphite alloy blocks,vanadium flow batteries,and compressed air generators are trying to solve the problem of storing renewable energy in the grid.

  • bySimon Johanson
The biggest car brand you’ve never heard of overtakes Tesla as world’s most popular EV maker

The biggest car brand you’ve never heard of overtakes Tesla as world’s most popular EV maker

Chinese automaker BYD is poised to surpass Tesla as the new worldwide leader in fully electric vehicle sales.

  • byDanny Lee
Is Roger Cook right? Can WA save the planet by getting a bit dirty?

Is Roger Cook right? Can WA save the planet by getting a bit dirty?

When is a summit not a summit? When everything has been decided beforehand. Welcome to WA’s pitch to be treated differently from the rest of the country to save the rest of the world.

  • byPeter Milne
‘We would be a superpower’:Australia’s next gold rush beckons

‘We would be a superpower’:Australia’s next gold rush beckons

Australia has huge deposits of rare earths and other critical minerals,but exploiting them means competing with China.

  • byMike Foley
Race for critical minerals boom to test government’s mettle

Race for critical minerals boom to test government’s mettle

Australia is joining the United States to tackle China’s dominance in key green commodities. But the government faces tough choices to help local industry.

  • byMike Foley
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China-US AI tensions take another turn for the worse
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China-US AI tensions take another turn for the worse

After the US announced tighter restrictions on exports of advanced semiconductors to China last week,China has responded by introducing export controls on graphite,a critical material used in the batteries of electric vehicles.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
For critical minerals supply we need investment standards,BHP boss warns

For critical minerals supply we need investment standards,BHP boss warns

Mike Henry said urbanisation,industrialisation and population growth were driving demand for the key minerals. They are also at the heart of US-China competition.

  • byRob Harris
Tesla’s ‘proud Australian’ leader says nation can be a clean manufacturing powerhouse

Tesla’s ‘proud Australian’ leader says nation can be a clean manufacturing powerhouse

Robyn Denholm,chair of Tesla’s board,says the Albanese government can create a local battery-making industry with modest tax breaks for investors.

  • byMike Foley
Gas not the enemy but vital for clean energy shift,says mining boss

Gas not the enemy but vital for clean energy shift,says mining boss

Mineral Resources wants to build a $1.5 billion facility to process and export liquid natural gas from its promising Perth Basin fields in West Australia.

  • bySimon Johanson
Pilbara joins the big leagues with latest lithium update

Pilbara joins the big leagues with latest lithium update

The ASX-listed lithium player has significantly upgraded estimates for its West Australian deposits.

  • bySimon Johanson