Canberra-based food technology company Nourish Ingredients, which has developed a method to create specialty fats for plant-based foods through precision fermentation, has signed a joint commercial agreement with China’s Cabio Biotech. In a statement from Nourish on Tuesday, the company said it is combining “Australian innovation with China’s manufacturing might” and exposing its flagship product…
Adelaide-based thermal energy storage company 1414 Degrees has appointed John O’Donnell (pictured) as its General Manager, beginning in the role on Tuesday. In a statement from the company on Monday, it said that O’Donnell will lead implementation “pioneering clean heat technologies across industries globally” and comes with experience “span[ning] the project lifecycle from solution-design to…
Skincare company Ego Pharmaceuticals aims to save 18 tonnes of packaging waste from landfill annually by switching to recyclable low-density polyethylene (LDPE) for its QV Skincare brand tube products. In a statement on Monday marking National Recycling Week, the company said the transition from laminate for the packaging was already underway, with “a mix of…
Liontown Resources has become the latest lithium producer to respond to the global glut in lithium supply, moving to less risky and expensive underground mining at its Kathleen Valley lithium mine in Western Australia. Liontown told investors it is resetting the baseline for its mine and production plans to prioritise higher margin ore at reduced…
Explosives and fertiliser manufacturer Incitec Pivot’s losses continued during FY24 as it unwinds the effects of the closure of its Gibson Island, Brisbane fertiliser plant and the sale of its troubled Waggaman, Louisiana ammonia facility. The company reported a net loss after tax including individually material items (IMIs) of $311 million, down from FY23’s profit…
Consumers will soon be able to operate like their own mini power station, generating and storing electricity through rooftop panels, home batteries and the batteries in electric vehicles, and feeding power into the grid when prices are highest. This stems from decisions spearheaded by Energy and Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen and agreed to by…
Victoria has set 62 percent as a local content requirement for future public bus purchases following its decision to transition to Zero Emission Bus (ZEBs) procurements for contracts through a new road map. The ZEB plan is set to guide how the state’s diesel fleet will be progressively phased out and replaced by ZEBs, with…
Lynas Rare Earths has opened the Kalgoorlie Rare Earths Processing Facility, the first of its kind in Australia, with a ceremony officiated by Resources Minister Madeleine King, the Chair of the Lynas Rare Earths board, John Humphrey, and Lynas CEO & Managing Director Amanda Lacaze. The Kalgoorlie Rare Earths Processing Facility is a key part…
By Nik Dennler, Western Sydney University Imagine a robot that can detect scents in the air and track down their sources as efficiently as a dog or a mouse. If realised, it could detect small wildfires in dense forests, find people buried in debris after an earthquake, or even hunt for truffles! Our research team…
The federal government has withdrawn some defence product export permits to Israel due to the ‘high intensity conflict’ engulfing the Middle East. The Senate foreign affairs, defence and trade committee was told that the Department of Defence had examined export permits to Israel at the request of the government. Defence ‘provided advice’ to government and…