A leading metallurgist says the state will need to underwrite a future critical minerals industry in Queensland.
Brisbane-based Core Resources director Jon Loraine said the industry needed to be considered in terms of the full logistics chain, including mining, processing, infrastructure, sales and marketing.
Core Resources Director Jon Loraine. . .
You are unauthorized to view this page.
Prospective vanadium miner QEM has taken a setback.
The company has mounted a strategic review of its flagship Julia Creek Vanadium and Energy Project following test results which revealed flaws in the scoping study released last year.
A scoping study released in 2024 has been revised under the influence of ‘new insights’ revealed from test work undertaken by the University of Queensland, the company said.
Main Image. . .
You are unauthorized to view this page.
Organisational psychology influencing the development of battery proponent Critical Minerals Group (CMG) is coming from the technical side of the business.
CMG metallurgist Nicola Semler (pictured above) is looking forward to soon adding a psychology degree to her resume.
Ms Semler started a Bachelor of Behavioural Studies for interest sake and was finishing the degree contributing to the business, she said.
“Figuring out what's going on from people's body language and maybe how to deal with that, what’s the best approach, (and) how to diffuse those situations.
“I find it very useful when. . .
You are unauthorized to view this page.
A Queensland junior miner says vanadium will be to northern Queensland what coal is to the Bowen Basin.
Critical Minerals Group (CMG) is planning an integrated mine-to-battery manufacturing process from its Linfield lease north of Julia Creek in the state’s North West to a battery assembly plant planned for Logan south of Brisbane.
Main image: Spread of critical minerals in Queensland.
It was validating for the company to have attracted investment from Japanese energy giant Idemitsu and. . .
You are unauthorized to view this page.
Parts of the Queensland mining sector are sweating on a report outlining options to source acid.
Acid is an important part of the benefaction process.
Phosphate producer Incitec Pivot has long been the beneficiary of production from the Mount Isa Acid Plant which sources sulphur from the nearby copper smelter.
Main image: Mount Isa sulphuric acid plant
The Mount Isa Acid Plant collects, then cleans sulphur dioxide before converting it first to sulphur trioxide, then to liquid sulphuric acid.
The liquid acid is then railed to Phosphate Hill in specially designed GATX wagons.
The. . .
You are unauthorized to view this page.
The Advanced Materials and Battery Council (AMBC) says the country is sitting on a battery manufacturing bonanza as the world hurtles towards the 2050 net zero carbon emissions target.
The AMBC is holding the second Australian Battery Day at Queensland University tomorrow. (Tue 26 Sept)
Elon Musk and Tesla put lithium-ion batteries on the map in terms of electrification of passenger transport, said AMBC Director Dr Lynette Molyneaux.
There were myriad other opportunities, Dr Molyneaux said.
. . .
You are unauthorized to view this page.
More than 150 delegates from top tier suppliers met at Brisbane's Victoria Park function centre this morning to get an update on the Queensland critical minerals industry.
The function was sponsored by the Queensland Major Contractors Association.
Main Image: Geoff Snowdon (Turbulent Consulting), Jason Frecklington and John Cotter (Initiative Capital)
Department of Resources director general Warwick Agnew and managing director of vanadium group QEM Gavin Loyden addressed the forum.
It was followed by a panel session that included speakers and Association Mining and Exploration Companies state director Sarah Gooley.
Delegates included:
. . .
You are unauthorized to view this page.
Developing a safe and efficient transport corridor through north west Queensland is central to revitalised representative body, MITEZ, or the Mount Isa Townsville Economic Zone.
Chair of the north Queensland body representing seven local governments and mining and service companies Frank Beveridge said they’ll be getting more aggressive in their requests from state and federal governments.
Cr Beveridge, who’s also Mayor of Charters Towers Regional Council, said MITEZ had been more. . .
You are unauthorized to view this page.
Richmond Vanadium Technology is investing $3 million in an alliance with Perth-based Ultra Power Systems to advance its North-West Queensland vanadium mine along with vanadium redox flow battery manufacturing.
The deal means Richmond Vanadium Technology will take a 10.94 stake in UPS and become its preferred vanadium pentoxide supplier.
Richmond Vanadium Technology holds the Richmond vanadium project, touted as one of the largest undeveloped oxide vanadium resources in the world, with a mineral resource of 1.8Bt at 0.36 per cent for 6.7Mt vanadium pentoxide.
The company has. . .
You are unauthorized to view this page.
A second round of pilot plant testing has 'ticked all the right boxes' as QEM fine tunes vanadium and oil extraction plans, according to managing director Gavin Loyden.
QEM is advancing its Julia Creek vanadium and oil shale project, 6km east from the township of Julia Creek in North-West Queensland.
Following on from a promising first round of bench-scale pilot plant testing at the Melbourne headquarters of HRL Technology Group last month, the second round has delivered improved vanadium and oil extraction rates with a larger sample size.
. . .
You are unauthorized to view this page.
North West Minerals Province projects are being showcased to potential investors in South Korea and the United Kingdom this month in a new economy minerals roadshow.
Resources Minister Scott Stewart said the United Nations Climate Change Conference had intensified the focus on renewable energy and the materials central to the world’s energy transition.
Resources Minister Scott Stewart.
“Queensland has world-class deposits of new economy minerals like vanadium, cobalt, copper and other rare. . .
You are unauthorized to view this page.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has hailed Queensland's potential as a clean energy superpower based on renewables above the ground and critical minerals below the ground in her 2021 State of the State address.
The Premier singled out vanadium, saying Queensland was leading when it came to the race to the future with this key battery metal.
The state's emerging hydrogen industry also came in for special mention in her speech at CEDA’s annual State of the State event, which covered a range of topics including Queensland's response to the COVID pandemic and the benefits of hosting the. . .
You are unauthorized to view this page.
A joint venture is taking a major undeveloped vanadium resource in North-West Queensland to the next level, launching a definitive feasibility study to mine the Lilyvale deposit.
Work to date shows the mining and processing operation could be brought online at a cost of $242.2 million and that it would carry an NPV (net present value) of $613 million.
Initial job estimates are about 200, with recruitment to focus on the Richmond region, however - due to the small local population - a 100-person accommodation would also be built to support a FIFO and DIDO workforce.
. . .
You are unauthorized to view this page.
QEM has raised $2 million to accelerate the development of its Julia Creek vanadium-oil project.
Managing director Gavin Loyden said the funds would allow QEM to complete ts oil and vanadium pilot plant, and for the subsequent six months of operations to validate strong extraction test results recorded to date.
"This comes at a time of strong vanadium pricing (USD$9.80/lb 98% V2O5 Flake) and the increasingly apparent need for grid support batteries if we are to complete our transition to renewable and carbon-free power generation," he said. . .
You are unauthorized to view this page.
Vecco Group has made the final investment decision to construct a $25 million vanadium battery electrolyte manufacturing plant in Brisbane.
The company holds the Debella vanadium and HPA (high purity alumina) project north of Julia Creek in North-West Queensland, which it aims to bring online to feed the plant in about two years.
The manufacturing plant is being delivered in partnership with Shanghai Electric, one of the largest electrical equipment manufacturing companies in China and one of the largest vanadium flow battery manufacturers in the world.
As part of their support for the electrolyte facility and new vanadium battery. . .
You are unauthorized to view this page.
Multicom Resources' Saint Elmo vanadium project, east of Julia Creek, has received Federal environmental approval.
The project is expected to directly employ about 200 people during the construction phase and more than 150 people in initial operations, with more positions to come as it scales up.
Queensland Resources Minister Scott Stewart said he welcomed the decision by the Federal Government concerning Saint Elmo.
"Vanadium will be a workhorse mineral of the battery storage and renewable energy sector," he said.
"There has been significant interest in vanadium and other new-age minerals in North Queensland.
"That’s why the Palaszczuk Government. . .
You are unauthorized to view this page.