Researchers from RMIT University have developed a ground-breaking new process that splits seawater directly into hydrogen and oxygen without the need for desalination and its associated cost, energy consumption and carbon emissions.
Adding bauxite, alumina and aluminium to Australia's critical minerals list, would be an important step toward maximising "Australia’s potential as a clean energy superpower", says the Australian Aluminium Council in a submission to the Federal Government.
An Australian start-up exploring technology to radically reduce methane emissions in agriculture has secured financial support from Bill Gates-founded climate investment firm, Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV).
The federal government's Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) has agreed to increase its financial support for the Yangibana Rare Earths Project to $220 million, accelerating the search for minerals used in technologies critical to achieving net zero.
Rio Tinto expects thermal storage will offer the quickest route to reducing emissions from its major processing plants, particularly its aluminium smelting operations, the company’s chief scientist Nigel Steward told an investor briefing yesterday.