Hazer Group (ASX:HZR) has announced its pilot-scale test facility for its novel graphite manufacturing method has achieved 240h of continuous operations after no shortage of setbacks. That milestone, the company says, now allows it to access for funding from ARENA, Australia’s state-backed renewables research agency. Hazer claims its tech can produce hydrogen and – more importantly – graphite using natural gas and iron ore. Not only that, but it claims it can do this in a clean fashion and one which harmonises with decarbonisation efforts. Arriving at this point has been difficult for Hazer – …