Preliminary findings from research by the University of Technology Sydney and commissioned by the Battery Stewardship Council predict the number of used electric vehicle batteries entering the waste stream will grow to nearly 30,000 tonnes by 2030, and 1.6 million tonnes by 2050. The findings, released on Thursday, provide new insight on the recycling requirements…
Australia-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement takes effect The Australia-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement (A-UKFTA) came into effect this week, eliminating export costs for some manufacturers sending goods to the United Kingdom. The A-UKFTA eliminates tariffs on over 99 per cent of Australian goods exports to the UK, including exports of wine, honey, nuts, and manufactured…
The iMOVE Cooperative Research Centre has announced $1 million in funding to support development of new technology, products and services in the transport sector. According to a statement from iMOVE on Thursday, its Impact Extension Program (IEP) is open to any company with an ABN, with no requirement to partner with an academic institution. Companies…
University of Southern Queensland graduate Thomas Murphy has won two national awards for his honours thesis on railway sleeper design. Civil engineer Murphy (pictured) will accept the Undergraduate Thesis Award at the Conference on Railway Excellence at Melbourne this month, which follows an award last October in the Futures Challenge by the Institute of Public…
Australia’s dig & ship obsession, a report by climate tech startup Conry Tech released on Wednesday and tracking the Occupation (OCCP) and Industry (INDP) data from every Australian census since 2006, contends that “no Australian industry has shrunk more than manufacturing” over those years. Conry Tech was founded by Sam Ringwaldt and Ron Conry. The…
Matrix awarded new riser buoyancy contract Matrix Composites & Engineering has been awarded a contract for the supply of composite underwater drilling riser buoyancy modules. The contract, with Transocean, is valued at $4 million, with the modules scheduled to be delivered in the first quarter FY24. The buoyant modules will upgrade infrastructure on an existing…
Researchers from UNSW Sydney have discovered a new method to create flexible, semiconductor-like materials. The research was led by UNSW’s Dr Hoang-Phuong Phan and published in the journal Advanced Functional Materials. It is described as using lithography – which is a technique that uses light to fabricate features in integrated circuits – to create wide…
Visy has officially launched the upgrade to its Gibson Island, Queensland recycling facility, which the company says will add an additional 39,000 tonnes per annum of capacity and 11 new jobs. The $48 million project was awarded a $16 million grant from the Queensland Jobs Fund in April last year, with state premier Annastacia Palaszczuk…
Digital microscopy company Optiscan Imaging has announced the launch of an entitlement offer, aiming to raise as much as $16.7 million for purposes including R&D, clinical studies and working capital. In a statement on Tuesday morning it said that had lodged a prospectus with ASIC, with an indicative date of July 6 for issuing shares…
A parliamentary subcommittee of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade will hold a public hearing on Space Command and capability on Tuesday, According to a statement from Julian Hill MP, chair of the Defence Subcommittee of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, the subcommittee will hear evidence…
