Lynas Rare Earths will produce two new separated heavy rare earth (HRE) products for the first time in the 2025 calendar year at its Lynas Malaysia metals processing plant. A new process at Lynas Malaysia will produce separated Dysprosium (Dy) and Terbium (Tb) for the first time and will complement Lynas’ existing light rare earths…
Three Australian companies have been backed to develop a solar powered drone that can fly from ‘dawn to dusk’ without recharging. Battery developer Li-S Energy, in a partnership with V-TOL Aerospace and HaloCell, have been awarded a $1.35 million grant from the federal government as part of the Emerging Aviation Technology Partnerships (EATP) programme. The…
The Deakin University-based ARC Training Centre for Resource Efficient Alloys in a Circular Economy. or “circAlloy”, was recently awarded $4,988,139 in Australian Research Council funding, and aims to train “the next generation in alloy science and manufacturing for resource efficiency in a circular economy”. The funding was awarded by the Australian Research Council on Friday…
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced grant funding totalling $1.98 million to ten companies to assist feasibility studies into adopting lower-carbon technologies. According to a statement from ARENA on Thursday, the studies would generate valuable data, and it would work with industry to share this. “The grants we’ve announced today are for businesses…
Satellite manufacturer Space Machines Company has signed an agreement with an Indian government-owned company NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), which sets the stage for a second spacecraft launch two years from now. In a statement on Thursday, Space Machines Company said the agreement with NSIL – which is the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research…
Plastic recycling startup Samsara Eco has raised $100 million in its latest funding round. Led by global investment company, Temasek and Australian deep tech investment fund, Main Sequence, funds also came from Wollemi Capital, lululemon, Hitachi Ventures, Titanium Ventures (formerly Telstra Ventures) and DCVC. The capital will help Samsara Eco scale its enzymatic recycling capabilities,…
Manufacturing has been lost in Australia and we are turning our attention to building it anew. We have to look away from the past, to new ways of manufacturing and a digital-first mentality and automation. By Grant Wild. The recent deliverables in the Federal budget have made me think hard about what we really need…
Results of the first clinical trial of Australia’s ‘second generation’ bionic eye have demonstrated ‘substantial improvement’ in four participants’ functional vision, daily activities and quality of life over a period of more than two and a half years. Detailed outcomes from the trial, led by the Centre for Eye Research Australia, Bionics Institute, University of…
