SMEs awarded over $11 m in defence grants
The federal government has awarded more than $11 million in grants to 20 Australian small businesses in the latest round of the Sovereign Industrial Capability Grants Program.
$300 million Hydrogen hub for Bundaberg
A plan to build hydrogen production facilities along the east coast of Australia has begun with the agreement this week to construct the Bundaberg Hydrogen Hub in Queensland. The facility, which will cost approximately $300 million, will provide green hydrogen for a wide range of industrial and vehicle uses. The agreement signed this week between…
Australian technology company wants to turn tyres into hydrogen
Green Distillation Technologies, best known for its process that turns end-of-life tyres into carbon, oil and steel, has announced the development of a new technique to further process reclaimed materials into hydrogen.
NASA collaborates with Australian smart satellite centre on beacon technology
A deal between NASA and the Adelaide-based SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre could lead to emergency beacon technology developed in South Australia for the next moon missions.
Gilmour Space announces first Australian customer for planned 2022 launch
Gilmour Space has announced its first Australian customer, Space Machines Company, for a maiden launch scheduled for 2022.
AMGC, AML3D and Dematec join for IoT solution
AML3D Ltd, the Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre and Dematec Automation have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to co-develop industrial internet of things (IIOT) solutions for AML3D’s Adelaide additive manufacturing modules and Arcemy 3D printers. The project aims to support AML3D’s distributed manufacturing business model strategy focused on the deployment of Arcemy units close to…
FYI and Alcoa advance high purity alumina
Perth materials technology group FYI Resources has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with alumina producer Alcoa of Australia for ‘the potential strategic development’ of FYI’s high purity alumina (HPA) project. FYI has completed a definitive feasibility study (DFS) for its Western Australian HPA project involving a kaolin mine at Cadoux, WA and a processing…
CR launches new mining equipment
CR Mining has launched a new cast lip for large mining wheel bucket loaders, the DecaEdge 9-station lip. The company developed the DecaEdge for bucket wheel loaders of between 14 and 20 cubic metres, with an aim of achieving 25,000 operating hours with no major rebuilds. The company, which manufactures in Australia and the United…