Technology

Applied unveiled the Equipment and Process Innovation and Commercialization Centre on 12 October in Sunnyvale, California. The project represents a USD 5bn capital investment and brings chipmakers, systems companies, equipment partners and university researchers together with Applied's engineers.

Iondrive (ASX:ION) is developing IONSolv, a selective extraction platform based on deep eutectic solvent chemistry. The process is intended to recover valuable metals from different feedstocks, including end-of-life permanent magnets, electronic waste, solar-panel materials and battery-related materials. Unlike a conventional rare-earth miner, Iondrive is …

Iondrive Limited develops chemical processing technology to recover critical minerals from lithium-ion battery waste, electronic scrap, end-of-life magnets and solar panels. Its IONSolv platform is moving from laboratory validation toward pilot operations, with the company targeting wet commissioning of a multi-feedstock plant in Australia …

DXN shares traded at $0.285, up 11.77%, during the session. DXN reported FY26 revenue of $10.1 million, backlog of $40.9 million at 30 August 2026 and a maiden AI high-performance compute contract. The company held $11.0 million in cash at 30 June 2026.

In its 31 August 2026 announcement, DXN reported FY26 revenue of $10.1 million, down 33% on the prior corresponding period because of customer project deferrals in the first half that were substantially recovered in the second half. Backlog was $23.5 million at 30 June …

In its announcement dated 26 August 2026, Hiremii reported FY26 revenue of $32.4 million, up 8.6% from $29.8 million, and gross profit of $3.7 million, up 32%. Gross margin was 11.5%, compared with 9.5% in FY25.

In its 16 October 2026 release, Iondrive said its US registrations are complete and its Quality Jobs application was formally accepted by Oklahoma, which fixes the application date and starts the state’s qualification procedures. In June 2026 the Department of Commerce identified an incentive …