First fibre-reinforced geopolymer bridge for Geelong to be in use in early-2021
Load testing has finished and a bridge made out of fibre-reinforced geopolymer in Geelong is expected to be operational in the first quarter of next year.
SA connected vehicle technology begins Queensland trial
A South Australian-based V2X technology company has today begun a connected vehicle trial in Queensland which will help explore the future of co-operative intelligent transport systems.
Perth to get refinery for spherical battery graphite
Graphite miner and processor EcoGraf has signed options to lease land in the Rockingham Strategic Industrial Area south of Perth for the construction of a $98 million graphite processing plant. The plant will be the first outside China to produce plus 99.95 per cent pure spherical graphite which is used to produce the anodes for…
The great internal combustion engine scam – we are being had big time
Comment by Peter Roberts The sooner Australia takes real action to move towards an electric vehicle future, the better. This is clear now with two pieces of news – the UK will ban diesel and petrol cars from 2030, and the revelation of the lie we are living clinging onto fossil fuelled vehicles. While Australia’s…
Seven Group moves to control Boral
Kerry Stokes Seven Group Holdings has tightened its grip on ailing building products group Boral, and may in effect already control the company. Boral announced major changes to its board with four new members, two of whom were nominated by seven, which now holds 19.9 per cent of the business. Ryan Stokes and Richard Richards’…
AML3D prints complex ship propeller
Additive manufacturing specialist AML3D has shipped a stainless steel marine propeller to 3D Printing Corporation, a Japanese based 3D printing consultancy firm. The 316L propeller (pictured) will be made available to 3DPC’s marine clients as a ‘showpiece’ to demonstrate the advantages of AML3D’s Wire Arc Manufacturing (“WAM®”) technology over the traditional casting methods. The company…
Grant Australia the opportunity to innovate
The current economic crisis has exposed the decay in Australia’s manufacturing capability and highlighted the need for increased investment in innovation.
Australian researchers develop new acid-resistant zero-cement concrete
An RMIT team has developed a zero-cement concrete, made of recycled industrial by-products, which it says suffers almost no corrosion and could save on maintenance costs when used as sewage pipes.
ANSTO to manufacture new radiopharmaceutical at Lucas Heights
The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) and medical device company OncoBeta GmbH are to partner to manufacture a new radioisotope at Lucas Heights in New South Wales for the treatment of non-melanoma skin cancers (NMSCs). They have signed a Letter of Intent to establish manufacturing and distribution in Australia for OncoBeta’s novel Rhenium-SCT…
The stuff that needs to be screamed from the rooftops
Australian manufacturing could be called a story that doesn’t tell its story. The wind is very much in the industry’s sails, an audience heard last week, but its members could do a better job communicating their successes.