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Carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) has emerged as a critical decarbonisation pathway for oil and gas, power, cement, steel, and other hard-to-abate industries, according to new analysis from GlobalData. As of June 2026, more than 70 per cent of operational and upcoming carbon capture facilities, by facility count, were…
Researchers find floating wetlands slash wastewater greenhouse gas emissions
A world-first trial of floating wetland pods in wastewater lagoons has demonstrated that nature-based solutions can slash overall greenhouse gas emissions by more than a quarter, offering a low-tech pathway to decarbonise the water sector. The two-year study, conducted by RMIT University, Westernport Water, and Australia’s national science agency CSIRO,…
Australia introduces new legislation to boost integrity in the carbon market
The Australian government has introduced new legislation to Parliament aimed at strengthening the integrity, governance, and transparency of the nation’s carbon crediting scheme, ensuring it continues to drive down emissions while delivering vital economic opportunities to regional and rural communities. The proposed bill amends the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative)…
Australia sets first-ever National Environmental Standards
The federal government has established Australia’s first-ever National Environmental Standards, marking a major milestone in the sweeping overhaul of the nation’s primary environmental law, the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act. The creation of the standards addresses a core recommendation from the Samuel Review of the EPBC Act. Designed…
Fortescue produces first low-emissions metal at Christmas Creek
Fortescue has achieved a breakthrough in its pursuit of low-emissions steelmaking, producing its first batch of hot metal at the Christmas Creek green metal project in Western Australia’s Pilbara region. The milestone represents the first operational success of the facility’s electric smelting furnace, providing a critical proof-of-concept for processing native…
Euro Manganese signs term sheet with 6K Energy
Euro Manganese Inc. has entered into a non-binding offtake term sheet with 6K Energy, a US-based cathode active materials producer, for the proposed sale of high-purity electrolytic manganese metal (HPEMM) from its Chvaletice Manganese Project in the Czech Republic. The agreement comes after 6K Energy successfully tested and preliminarily qualified…
Australian Vanadium, Alcoa partner to explore vanadium battery system for WA refineries
Australian Vanadium Ltd. and its subsidiary VSUN Energy have entered into an agreement with Alcoa of Australia to evaluate installing a utility-scale vanadium flow battery system at Alcoa’s Western Australian refinery operations. Under a non-binding 18-month memorandum of understanding (MoU), the companies will conduct a scoping-level study to assess the…
KETH project nears operation after award of EPC contract
The Kwinana Energy Transformation Hub (KETH) has taken another significant step towards operation, with the Future Energy Exports Cooperative Research Centre (FEnEx CRC) awarding an $8.6 million engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to Pacific Energy for the facility's hydrogen process plant. The contract marks the next phase of delivery…










