The Future Battery Industries CRC (FBICRC) will officially launch its flagship project, the Australian-first Cathode Precursor Production Pilot Plant, at 3.30 pm AWST (5.30 AEST) on Monday. The new site will allow for production of precisely-engineered materials which represent the highest cost component of a battery cell, it said. The signing of contracts by the…
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) announced on Monday that it will provide $6.6 million from its Emerging Energy Program for an Edify Energy-led project to build a 25 megawatt / 50 megawatt hour battery adjacent to the 275 megawatt hour Darlington Point solar farm. Darlington Point is run by Edify, is the largest solar…
AI robotics, and navigation technology manufacturer Advanced Navigation today announced its ambition to be the first Australian company whose products operate on the Moon through its development of unique navigation systems. CEO Xavier Orr said the company’s years of R&D had culminated in two systems that would deliver breakthroughs in performance, reliability, size, weight and…
Last week in our series Frontiers in additive manufacturing, Peter Roberts discussed the similarities between the impact of then-new CNC technologies in the 1980s to today’s growth in additive manufacturing. Today he talks with Bruce Rowley, whose company CNC Design was a pioneer in Australia’s adoption of both technologies. As Australian manufacturers first moved to…
Advertisement Over the past weeks the Australian Manufacturing Forum and @AuManufacturing’s partners Cahoots and David Koch’s AusBiz have been out talking to manufacturers about our new video series How it’s Made – Australia. The reception has been positive as manufacturers warm to the potential of a service modelled on the Discovery Channel’s hugely successful How…
Mineral processing technology company TNG Limited has received export finance funding for its Mount Peake vanadium-titanium-iron project project in the Northern Territory. The company received a conditional letter of support for up to $300 million in debt funding from Export Finance Australia. The funding will underpin financing of the project, one of 15 projects recognised…
International Atomic Energy officials have given a positive assessment of Australia building nuclear submarines in terms of threats of nuclear proliferation, and given general support to nuclear’s role in decarbonising the economy. IAEA director-general Rafael Grossi, speaking at the Lucas Heights nuclear reactor in Sydney, said he his visit to Australia had underlined the need…
