Minerals Serial

Vanadium in focus: an emerging battery mineral

October 24, 2022

Apart from traditional use in steel alloys, vanadium has an important growing application in grid-scale batteries. Queensland has one of the world’s largest known resources for vanadium. Several companies are currently looking into mining of this metal in North West Mineral Province, aiming for a battery-grade vanadium pentoxide (V2O5), with the first production expected as early as in 2024.

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21 Mar 2023

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Artem Golev

Cobalt in focus: what is Queensland’s potential?

August 9, 2022

Several companies are currently looking into the revival of cobalt’s production in Queensland from different ore types, using new innovative approaches. What are these ores and their potential? Will Queensland, once again, become a significant producer of this essential to modern technologies metal?

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21 Mar 2023

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Artem Golev