Liberty Primary Steel (LPS) the operator of the Whyalla blast furnace has announced another step in its journey to lower emissions from its primary steel making operation in South Australia. The company, owned by Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance, has started post-coke oven operational trials at the steelworks as the transition to low carbon steelmaking continues.…
ReNu Energy’s Countrywide Hydrogen subsidiary has selected contractors and suppliers for its Tasmanian green hydrogen and green energy projects. The company’s engineering supplier Wood has selected a series of suppliers in preparation for as final investment decision being made on the projects. Countrywide is developing a number of Tasmanian green hydrogen projects including its Brighton…
Australia and New Zealand’s largest greenhouse builder Apex Greenhouses has sold a minority interest in the company to Dutch-based greenhouse construction company GreenV B.V. GreenV is a Dutch-based aggregator of smart greenhouse technology suppliers focused on energy efficiencies and climate change issues, while Adelaide-based Apex manufactures locally and internationally. Apex Greenhouses’ Australian Chief Executive Folco…
Ballistics and technology company XTEK has received an order worth $3.4 million from the Department of Defence to supply spare parts in support of the Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (SUAS) fleet. In a short statement to the ASX on Wednesday, XTEK Group CEO Scott Basham said the company was continuing to provide high-end sustainment support…
Specialised tank container and road tanker equipment maker Omni Tanker has announced delivery of a world-first build with strong export implications: a novel triple road train tanker offering a 15 per cent capacity improvement. Three such sets have been delivered to Townsville Logistics so far, Omni Tanker said in a statement on Wednesday, for use…
An area covering 1,854 square kilometres off NSW’s Hunter region was declared suitable for offshore wind development by the federal government on Wednesday. According to a statement from the department of energy, the zone is 20 km from the coast in the north and over 35 km from the coast in the south and has…
Miner Rio Tinto and global trading company Sumitomo Corporation will build a pilot hydrogen plant in Gladstone, Queensland as part of a $111.1 million programme aimed at cutting emissions from the process of refining alumina. The Yarwun Hydrogen Calcination Pilot Demonstration Program received the green light after a $32.1 million co-funding boost from the federal…
Quantum infrastructure company Q-CTRL has announced a partnership with the Department of Defence to develop quantum sensors that will deliver quantum assured navigation capability for military platforms. The programme will provide quantum enhanced positioning and navigation capability built on Q-CTRL’s software-ruggedised quantum sensing technology. Quantum-enhanced navigation will deliver the ability for vehicles to position accurately…
By Peter Roberts One of the most recurring themes in defence media nowadays is that Australia should build more Hobart class Air Warfare Destroyers (picture). Hardly a week goes by without a story appearing somewhere of Spanish shipbuilder Navantia who designed the ships ‘ramping up their campaign’ to build more of the vessels to add…
Manganese miner Element 25 has finalised a $22.6 million (US$15 million) share placement in the company from global automaker Stellantis N.V. which will help finance the development of a battery-grade high purity manganese sulphate monohydrate (HPMSM) facility in the United States. Stellantis has committed to a take or pay supply agreement to take 45kt of…
