The defence industry was worth $8.9 billion to the Australian economy in the 2020/21 financial year, an increase of 5.7 per cent versus the previous year and representing 0.46 per cent of the nation’s gross value added, according to new figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The figures are from the ABS’s Australian Defence…
Additive manufacturing manufacturer Amaero International has revamped its senior leadership team and dumped plans to build a titanium powder manufacturing facility in Victoria. The company did not give a reason for dumping the plant, except to say that it was the outcome of a strategic review, now completed. As recently as June this year Amaero…
Australia’s Chief Scientist Dr Cathy Foley, has released a paper that charts Australia’s success in quantum technologies, and highlights lessons for helping scale up other sectors, critical to shaping Australia’s industries over the next two decades. Dr Foley said: “We need to think beyond the technology – and focus on developing the people aspects as…
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has launched the $43 million Industrial Energy Transformation Studies Programme aimed at identifying opportunities to reduce energy costs and emissions in the industrial sector. Announced as part of the 2020-21 Federal Budget, grant funding will be provided in two streams for feasibility and engineering studies to establish the business…
Dust control specialists Global Road Technology (GRT) has automated its SMART Dosing Units (SDU) for dust suppression in the mining sector amid government calls for tighter controls around dust pollution. Tested in mine sites in Australia, the SMART (Sustainable, Mining, Autonomously, Reporting Technology) Dosing Units are in use in countries across Africa, Mexico and Brazil…
Two federal government ministers will descend on Fairfield in western Sydney today to launch Australia’s first production line to manufacture zinc-bromide batteries. Minister for Industry and Science, Ed Husic and Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Chris Bowen will launch the factory which will manufacture Gelion batteries. Battery Energy Power Solutions will manufacture the non-flow…
Construction is underway at Bradfield City Centre, with a sod turn held on Thursday for the first building, which will include the first stage of the Advanced Manufacturing and Research Facility. The 3,840 square metre mixed-use building will house office, exhibition and event spaces within the Western Sydney Aerotropolis, and near the upcoming Western Sydney…
By Peter Roberts Moves by Australia’s largest carbon emitter AGL to accelerate the closure of coal fired power stations and achieve net zero emissions by 2035 demand a bold industry building response from the Albanese government. Propelled by major shareholder Mike Cannon-Brookes, AGL plans to close its giant Bayswater power station by 2033 and its…
The Electrolux Home Products factory in Adelaide’s Dudley Park held an event on Thursday attended by premier Peter Malinauskas and others to celebrate the commencement of exports to the United States. The plant – which was opened in 1939 and has had $30 million invested in it in the last three years – employs about…
First Graphene has launched three new cement and concrete industry products as it continues R&D in the sector aimed at “reducing CO2 emissions and improving concrete durability”. The ASX-listed company announced the launch of products marketed as PureGRAPH CEM, PureGRAPH AM, and HexMortar. The latter product is a “graphene-enhanced dry mix mortar for shotcrete and…
