** Shares of ABx Group Ltd ABX.AX rise 16.7% to A$0.041, set for their strongest trading session since Dec 27, 2024, if gains hold
** Stock hits highest level since Jan 3, 2025
** The material-focused tech co says its unit signed a lease agreement with Rio Tinto Aluminium for industrial facility in northern Tasmania
** Says unit to set up pilot plant at facility for producing industry chemicals
** About 835,905 shares change hands, 6.8x the 30-day average of 122,307 shares
** ABx Group stock down 43.1% last year
(Reporting by Jasmeen Ara Shaikh in Bengaluru)
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