Hazer Group

Mineral Resources has disclosed that its planned lithium processing projects in the Pilbara will cost in excess of $600 million to build, with managing director Chris Ellison also revealing ambitions for more downstream processing projects.

Tech company Hazer Group has signed a binding agreement with Mineral Resources to develop a facility to produce synthetic graphite.

Shares in local tech company Hazer Group have sunk after the company announced on Friday that founder and managing director Geoff Pocock, and non-executive director Terry Walsh have resigned.

Geoff Ward has been appointed as chief executive of local tech company Hazer Group, while Michael Minosora is set to chair junior explorer Golden Deeps.

Kimberley Pharmacy Services director and remote area pharmacist Hannah Mann has received the highest honour at this year’s Business News 40under40 Awards, being named First Amongst Equals in a diverse pool of young business and community leaders.

The state is developing from a gas exporter to produce a range of energy commodities and technological innovations, with energy exports to potentially hit $50 billion in a decade.

Hydrogen is the most abundant element and WA could play a role in making the gas a big part of the world’s energy supply.

A series of new contracts and extensions, including an early contractor involvement arrangement with Hazer Group, has brought Primero Group’s forecasted FY19 revenue to approximately $150 million.

A commercial biogas to hydrogen operation in Perth is a step closer for Hazer Group, after the company announced it had received approval from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency board for $9.4 million of funding.

Kununurra and Mandurah could be hubs for renewable hydrogen production, while the gas could be blended with natural gas already supplied through the state’s main transmission pipeline, as part of a series of projects revealed today.

Potential for a hydrogen industry in WA has been ignited in 2020, with at least 12 feasibility studies under way, while the federal government has announced $300 million to support the industry.

Water Corporation will supply Perth-based technology business Hazer Group with biogas from its wastewater treatment plant at Woodman Point, following an agreement signed between the two parties.

Perth-based Hazer Group is raising $8.4 million from a share placement to fund the development of its proposed hydrogen plant, which will be built at Water Corp's Woodman Point facility, while Harvest Technology Group is raising funds for software development.

Engineering and construction company Primero Group has unveiled new work, including with Fortescue Metals Group for its approaching Eliwana operation.

Shares in Hazer Group slumped by 20 per cent after the hydrogen and graphite tech company said an agreement with Mineral Resources had ended early.

Hydrogen hopeful Hazer Group has revealed its planned demonstration plant could cost 29 per cent more than first estimated, with shares down 9 per cent.

Cleantech business Hazer Group and marine technology manufacturer VEEM have raised a combined $13 million from share placements to fund research and development initiatives.

Hazer Group shares fell 9 per cent today after a manufacturing defect in its reactor vessel further set back its demonstration project.

ASX-listed chemical engineering business Hazer Group will partner with Chubu Electric and Chiyoda to draw up plans for a commercial scale hydrogen facility in central Japan.

Perth-based chemical engineering business Hazer Group has extended its non-binding memorandum of understanding with French utility company ENGIE SA to establish its first facility in Europe.

Chemical engineering company Hazer Group has launched a $15 million entitlement offer to accelerate operations at its Woodman Point demonstration plant towards production.

Perth-based Hazer Group has raised $9 million in a bid to further its interests in Canada, Europe and Japan.

Perth-based Hazer Group has signed a memorandum with South Korea’s Posco over using hydrogen production technology in low carbon steel manufacturing.

The state government has committed $33.6 million in conditional grant funding to five major decarbonisation projects across Western Australia.

Hazer Group, the cleantech spinout of research from the University of Western Australia, has been granted a patent by the Japanese Patent Office for a novel process of producing hydrogen.