Department of Industry, Science and Resources

METI will hold GGX x TCFD Summit

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Wednesday, September 27, 2023
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HATAKEYAMA Yojiro (Director-General, Industrial Science, Technology and Environment Policy Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)

Key Points: 
  • HATAKEYAMA Yojiro (Director-General, Industrial Science, Technology and Environment Policy Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)
    What efforts are needed towards creating a "Green Market" to accelerate industrial decarbonization, focusing on the creation of demand?
  • What is the potential of the idea of "avoided emissions" to evaluate a company's contribution to decarbonization of the society as a whole by providing solutions?
  • How can disclosure promote transition finance?
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Digital platform regulators make joint submission on AI

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Tuesday, September 26, 2023
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11 September 2023

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  • 11 September 2023
    In a joint submission to the Department of Industry, Science and Resources consultation on the Safe and responsible AI in Australia discussion paper, members of the Digital Platform Regulators Forum (DP-REG) have outlined the opportunities and challenges presented by rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI).
  • In its submission, DP-REG highlighted the potential impacts of AI in relation to each member’s existing regulatory framework.
  • The submission also flags that coordination between DP-REG members and other arms of government to leverage complementary strengths and expertise will remain crucial to Australia’s response to AI.
  • Through DP-REG, members engage in ongoing collaboration, information sharing and coordination on digital platform regulation.

EQS-News: EcoGraf Receives Australian Government Grant for Product Qualification Facility

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Thursday, May 18, 2023
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EcoGraf Limited (EcoGraf or the Company) (ASX: EGR; FSE: FMK; OTCQX: ECGFF) is pleased to report that today, Federal Minister for Resources and Northern Australia, the Hon.

Key Points: 
  • EcoGraf Limited (EcoGraf or the Company) (ASX: EGR; FSE: FMK; OTCQX: ECGFF) is pleased to report that today, Federal Minister for Resources and Northern Australia, the Hon.
  • Madeleine King MP announced1 that EcoGraf Limited is among the successful applicants selected for funding as part of the Commonwealth Government A$48.9m Critical Minerals Development Program.
  • EcoGraf has been successful in its application for grant funding of A$2.9m towards a battery anode material product qualification facility, that is forecast to cost A$5.8m and which will support the Company’s product testing activities and offtake discussions with prospective anode, battery and electric vehicle customers in Europe, North America and Asia.
  • Prospective customers have shown strong interest in the Company’s plans to provide a new source of environmentally superior battery anode material and EcoGraf is delighted that the Commonwealth Government has chosen to support its product qualification facility initiative, which is backed by the Company’s application for an Australian patent for its EcoGraf HFfree™ purification process.

Vaxxas receives $8.2 million grant to support manufacturing scale-up in its Australian manufacturing facility

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Tuesday, September 20, 2022
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The Brisbane production facility will support late-stage clinical trials and early commercial production.

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  • The Brisbane production facility will support late-stage clinical trials and early commercial production.
  • We are incredibly grateful to the Australian Federal Government for their ongoing support of our vaccination technology, Vaxxas Chief Executive Officer David Hoey said.
  • With support from the Queensland State Government, the Vaxxas Biomedical Facility is being constructed in Northshore, Brisbane and due to open in early 2023.
  • Vaxxas will work with the Department of Industry, Science and Resources over the coming weeks to finalise grant details.

MHIEC Receives Highest Award at 48th Outstanding Environmental Systems Awards

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Wednesday, July 27, 2022
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The "METI Minister's Award," the highest award presented by JSIM, cited the incinerator's innovative V-shaped structure and low loss on ignition(2).

Key Points: 
  • The "METI Minister's Award," the highest award presented by JSIM, cited the incinerator's innovative V-shaped structure and low loss on ignition(2).
  • JSIM's Outstanding Environmental Systems Awards were inaugurated in 1974, with support from the METI (at that time, Ministry of International Trade and Industry), to promote research and development of environmental protection technologies and promote the adoption of outstanding environmental systems.
  • Nominations for the awards are submitted by environmental system manufacturers and environmental engineering firms nationwide, and the award recipients are selected by a committee of experts based on criteria including innovativeness, economic merit and future potential.
  • In these ways MHIEC will make significant contributions to achieving the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals), solving global environmental issues, and realizing a carbon-neutral society.