Calix Bags $44.9 Million ARENA Grant to Power Green-Iron Revolution

Australia’s manufacturing industry receives a clean-energy boost to the arm with Calix locking in $44.9 million ARENA finance for the world-leading green-iron ZESTY demo plant. The demo plant will convert around 30 000 tonnes a year of iron ore to low-carbon briquettes through a combination of hydrogen reduction and Calix’s electric Flash Calciner—a process reverse-engineered from the ground up to produce zero-emissions steel. Calix isn’t messing around with potential futures; the company is already hiring engineers, and good design is already underway. When matched funding arrives, it starts building in 2026 and commissioning in 2028. That timetable puts Australia’s green-metals dream firmly in the headlines while other projects languish in feasibility limbo.

https://crafmin.com/calix-44-9m-arena-grant-zesty-green-iron/