Materials and renewable energy development and commercialisation company Sparc Technologies has announced firm commitments to raise $2.2 million through a share placement, with a further share purchase plan expected to raise another $500,000. In a statement on Thursday, Sparc said the placement at $0.15 per share was “strongly supported by existing and new investors”. The…
Sparc Technologies has announced successful initial inspection results for its ecosparc-enhanced anti-corrosion coating in a field trial at Streaky Bay Jetty, South Australia. According to an ASX announcement on Monday, the graphene-based additive showed no signs of degradation or early failure mechanisms during the critical initial trial phase, matching the performance of the commercial benchmark…
Chemicals R&D business Sparc Technologies has announced execution of an agreement with coal miner BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) for a 24-month field trial of a graphene additive at a coal handling and processing plant. Sparc’s graphene-based additive product, ecosparc, will feature in a coating, and Sparc claimed the trial as “another key milestone in validating”…
Technology development company Sparc Technologies has announced the start of trials of its ecosparc graphene coatings additive in field trials with the South Australian Department for Infrastructure and Transport. Steel piles for the department’s Streaky Bay Jetty remediation project have been delivered for blasting and coating with either the ecosparc enhanced or control coatings. Field…
New tests by technology development company Sparc Technologies has shown continuing improvement in key parameters of performance for the sodium ion battery the company is developing with the Queensland University of Technology. The Adelaide company said today it would accelerate R&D efforts and had launched a techno-economic analysis of the batteries following battery testing and…
Sparc Technologies has commissioned the company’s ecosparc graphene additive commercial production facility. The state of the art facility enables Sparc to produce commercial quantities of its ecosparc graphene additive product for use in the global coatings industry, composites and other graphene additive applications. Sparc Technologies Executive Chairman Stephen Hunt said: “Sparc is delighted to be…
Sparc Technologies has progressed construction of a modular and scalable manufacturing facility to produce graphene based additives with commissioning expected in Q1 CY23. The facility will enable the production of commercial quantities of graphene based additives for the growing global Coatings and Composites markets, the company said in an update to investors. “The commissioning of…
Technology development company Sparc Technologies and the Queensland University of Technology have agreed to jointly develop a process for producing hard carbon using low cost green bio-waste. The Adelaide company, which is developing graphene technologies and uses, aims to produce the material for next generation sodium ion batteries which are seen as having potential in…
Graphene development company Sparc Technologies and the University of Adelaide have joined forces to develop ultra-green hydrogen that can be manufactured without electrolysis and solar PV and wind energy. The two will form a joint venture company Sparc Hydrogen majority owned by Sparc to develop the technology that produces hydrogen through the use of a…
Graphene technology company Sparc Technologies has repeated tests that show a new use for its graphene enhanced products – adsorption of dangerous PFAS chemicals, aiding environmental remediation. In a quarterly activities report the Adelaide company said its PArGO product out-performed traditional activated carbon water treatment in relation to Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). PArGO is…