The Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen believes the government’s future made in Australia policies could ultimately see 20 percent of Australia’s solar PV panel needs satisfied by domestic production. Bowen was speaking on ABC Adelaide where visited Australia’s only solar panel manufacturer, Tindo Solar which has a one percent market share today.…
Amp Energy has finalised commercial agreements for the development of the Cape Hardy Advanced Fuels Precinct incorporating electrolysers to produce green hydrogen, as well as green ammonia and other advanced fuels. The agreements were executed with Iron Road which is developing the Cape Hardy Industrial Port Precinct on the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia into…
Sacha Leagh-Murray (pictured) has been announced as the new General Manager at building products company Laminex. In a statement on Tuesday, Laminex – which manufactures at seven sites in four Australian states and is owned by New Zealand-listed Fletcher Building – said Leagh-Murray had been at the company for over six years and repositioned it…
Autonomous uncrewed vessel developer Ocius Technology has announced the sale of two Bluebottle USVs to the USA for $2.4 million and the signing of a Teaming Agreement with US Defence Prime contractor ThayerMahan to develop its Outpost System on Ocius’ Bluebottle USVs. Previously the two companies had combined to demonstrate the Bluebottle, which is designed…
Green Steel of WA, which plans to have a steel recycling plant at Collie running in 2026, has said it has been granted State Planning Approval. GSWA officially began its project in July last year and lodged a development application in December last year. According to an announcement on Linkedin by the company on Tuesday,…
Investment management company Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has begun the development phase of a proposed $3.5 billion Green Iron Project in Gladstone, Queensland. Quinbrook has partnered with Central Queensland Metals which holds the exploration permits for what is the largest known magnetite deposit in Queensland – magnetite is a type of iron ore suited to direct…
By Nicholas Way Bert Manning of Mittagong in New South Wales has always loved fixing and making things, especially if they are well designed, well made and use the best of materials. So much so that he started his first business back in the 1990s, manufacturing stainless steel exhaust systems before moving on to augers…
Professor Bronwyn Fox, a materials scientist and engineer and the current Chief Scientist at CSIRO, will begin as UNSW’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research & Enterprise in mid-July. According to a statement from the university on Monday, the hire follows an “extensive global search” and will see Fox responsible for driving the “strategic direction in research, innovation…
Electrical engineering manufacturer Ampcontrol has launched a new electric vehicle charger designed to support the electrification of the mining industry, the Ampcontrol MegaWatt Charger (pictured). The company, which showcased the new charger at The Electric Mine show being held in Perth, said the device was a solution that made electrifying mining operations a reality. The…
The operator of the Whyalla steelworks, GFG Alliance’s Liberty Primary Steel now expects to be able to restart the blast furnace on site on May 27, ahead of the June date originally feared. The blast furnace has been closed since March due to an uncontrolled iron breakout which damaged the furnace’s outer shell. The furnace…