Australia to Invest $330 Million to Decarbonise Heavy Industries

The Australian government has announced a “big funding boost” to help decarbonise the country’s heavy industries. On April 24, the federal Labor government said it would spend $330 million (US$214 million) to help nine industry projects reduce their carbon emissions. Specifically, the QAL Alumina refinery in Queensland will receive $90 million to upgrade its energy efficiency, while $52.9 million will go toward upgrading the klin and increasing alternative fuel usage at a century-old cement manufacturing facility in Tasmania. In Western Australia, $35 million will be invested to transition Murrin Murrin cobalt and nickel operations to renewables, while $32.9 million will be dedicated to emission reduction at the CSBP chemical manufacturing facility in Kwinana....