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The WA State Government has welcomed advanced vanadium developer Technology Metals Australia Limited's announcement that it has entered into a non-binding MOU with Indian steelmaking company Tata Steel Limited.

The execution of the MOU was accelerated by July’s Invest and Trade WA mission to India, which was led by State Development, Jobs and Trade Minister Roger Cook and International Education Minister David Templeman.

Representatives from Technology Metals joined the State’s largest ever business delegation, which visited four Indian cities over eight days from 12 to 19 July.

Located 50 kilometres south of Meekatharra, Technology Metals’ Murchison Technology Metals Project (MTMP) includes the Gabanintha and Yarrabubba vanadium deposits and is one of the highest-grade vanadium projects in the world.

Technology Metals is developing the MTMP to produce high purity vanadium pentoxide and investigating opportunities to move downstream, including the production of vanadium electrolyte, ferrovanadium and vanadium nitride.

Part of the global Tata Group, Tata Steel is the 10th largest steel producer in the world, with an annual crude steel production capacity of 34 million tonnes per annum.

Ferrovanadium and vanadium nitride are used in the steel alloying process in Tata Steel’s facilities to increase strength and wear resistance of its steel products.

Technology Metals and Tata Steel will investigate downstream technical collaboration with scope for joint development of ferrovanadium production

Yes, you read that correctly – a $150K Salary has been offered by a Northern Territory livestock transport business for a road train driver in order to attract the right operators.

After having trouble finding quality applicants for a road train position, Jason Pepper told ABC Rural, “We put the advertisement up on our social media page to find some good people. Social Media seems to be a good way of getting the word out there. It did go a bit viral and was viewed more than 200,000 times.”

According to employment website Seek the average salary of a road train driver is between $105,000 to $125,000.

Did it work? According to Jason, “I’d like to think the money has

attracted some good operators and there are some good people who have called us - and they are looking to give this type of work a try.”

Everyone in the transport industry is in agreeance that a really good driver is definitely worth it, and if you can find them - keep them.

Equally, if a driver does not do something properly or if they make a mistake the cost can hit $10,000 or $20,000 in a single day.

facilities in Western Australia and India.

Mines and Petroleum Minister Bill Johnston said, “The MOU between Technology Metals and Tata Steel is great news for WA’s growing battery and critical minerals industries.

“Beyond steel production, downstream vanadium products are an essential input for emerging energy technologies. Vanadium electrolyte is used in the manufacturing of vanadium redox flow batteries, which are used to provide longterm storage for electricity systems.”