Industries
The Precinct is designed to attract industries that are reflective of what the Territory’s future economy will look like, including:
- renewable energy for the Territory, Australia and international markets
- critical minerals for industries that need to succeed in a transition to net-zero emissions
- low-to-zero emissions fuels and products needed for Australian supply chain security
- advanced manufacturing.
On 9 June 2023, the Northern Territory Government announced it had issued ‘not to deal’ commitments to 5 proponents over specific parcels of land at the Precinct.
These commitments mean that their preferred sites in Middle Arm will be set aside for up to 12 months to provide each proponent confidence and certainty to continue developing their proposals.
The proponents are:
- TEH2, 100% owned by Total Eren - renewable energy: a global independent power producer, is proposing to develop a green hydrogen production facility using solar energy with the capability of producing more than 80,000 tonnes of renewables-based hydrogen per annum for domestic and export potential.
- Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) - renewable energy: the global green energy company, is proposing to develop a green hydrogen hub, comprised of green hydrogen and green ammonia production and export facilities.
- Tivan - critical minerals: is proposing to produce vanadium oxides through application of innovative downstream processing technology using feedstock sourced from Tivan's Speewah and Mount Peake Projects; titanium dioxide and iron oxide also produced as by-products. Tivan is also working to facilitate an industrialisation pathway for vanadium redox flow batteries.
- Tamboran Resources Limited - natural gas: a lower CO2 emissions liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility. Gas from this export facility will play an important role in the decarbonisation plans of our neighbours and trading partners in Asia and beyond.
- Avenira – critical minerals: is proposing a lithium-ferro-phosphate (LFP) cathode manufacturing facility, which will manufacture pre cursor battery cathode materials from critical minerals, including phosphate sourced from the Wonarah Project in the Northern Territory.
Any industry located at The Precinct must meet high environmental standards and conditions, use the most up-to-date technology and ensure its processes and products align with strong sustainability and design criteria (e.g. low-to-zero emissions).
Middle Arm Peninsula is already home to the Santos Darwin LNG and the INPEX Ichthys LNG processing facilities – both companies are committed to net zero emissions.
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